Stranger in Her Arms by Michaels Lorna

Author:Michaels, Lorna [Michaels, Lorna]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Suspense
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2005-09-11T05:00:00+00:00

Jonathan woke slowly the next morning. In the pale dawn light, everything seemed strange and unfamiliar. Fear clutched at him. Was he back in the half world of amnesia?

No. He turned his head, and there was Christy beside him. He was in her bed after a night of nonstop lovemaking. Hell, nothing, not even another blow on the head, could make him forget that.

He turned on his side and watched her sleep, her head pillowed on her hand, her mouth as innocent as a child’s.

Innocent? No way. That mouth belonged to a witch who could seduce and beguile and kiss a man until his blood sizzled. Who could’ve guessed, when he’d stumbled into her house, what treasure he’d find?

Hoping to slip out of bed without waking her, he sat up.

“’S it time to get up?” a sleepy voice asked.

He turned and dropped a kiss on her cheek. “Uh-uh. Go back to sleep for a while. I’m going to borrow your father’s razor, okay?”

“Yeah, but it’ll cost you a kiss,” she murmured.

Seemed like a reasonable price to pay. He kissed her, more than once, then grabbed his clothes and left the bedroom.

First things first. He needed a bath but his clothes needed one worse. He dumped them in the washing machine, then went back to the bathroom to shower and shave.

As soon as he was dressed, he called Armand Frazier, head of the Stalker task force. He recalled that he’d come here to question Todd Berlin, ex-husband of the Stalker’s first victim, Janice Berlin. But, reluctant to rely on memory, he asked Armand to give him the details of his assignment.

“Berlin had an alibi for the night Janice was killed, but it was shaky,” Armand said. “We decided you’d question him. Figured sending a psychologist would keep this low-key, that you could draw him out and see if we need to move him up on the suspect list.”

“He’s near the top of my list,” Jonathan said. “Nichols told you what happened to me, didn’t he?”

“Yeah, think it was the Stalker who tried to off you?”

“Good chance. And who had a better opportunity than Berlin? He’s been on the island the last few days, for sure. But there’s a problem. He doesn’t fit the profile.”

“Maybe you’ll have to revise it,” Armand said.

“Yeah. Fill me in on the guy, would you? The details of the case are still fuzzy.”

“Berlin managed a construction company in Houston and was doing pretty well. But he was a compulsive gambler, and Janice couldn’t take it anymore and wanted out. The word is they fought like dogs over the community property, and the animosity lasted. Meanwhile Todd got remarried, moved to San Sebastian, and started his own company. Made a go of it, too. And allegedly got his gambling habit under control. Last year Janice came on hard times and started blackmailing Todd. Threatened to spill the story of his gambling to the new wife.”

“So he murders her and then resorts to overkill to draw suspicion away from himself,” Jonathan mused.

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