Too Hot to Hold by Stephanie Tyler

Author:Stephanie Tyler [Tyler, Stephanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: General, Romance, Fiction, Contemporary, suspense, United States, Man-woman relationships, Intelligence officers, Romantic suspense fiction, Women journalists, (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯)
ISBN: 9780440244356
Google: 7acWgQuWFNMC
Amazon: 0440244358
Publisher: Dell
Published: 2009-11-24T05:00:00+00:00

The quiet seeped into the night around her—it had been a while since Sarah sat watch like this, alone without the welcoming sounds of her country.

Except tonight, her instincts burned. She tried to blame the incident with the men at the airport, but knew it went beyond that.

Whatever Kaylee Smith was dealing with in her personal life was proving to make this trip more than a simple guided tour to the DRC. The man she was with—American, military and Kaylee’s lover. In Sarah’s experience, that combination always brought trouble.

And someone else was out here in this jungle besides the three of them.

Slowly, she pushed off the rock she’d been sitting on, weapon by her side, scanning the rapidly fading darkness for movement.

She wasn’t sure if dawn was her friend at this moment, but Nick was close too … he’d hear her if she yelled.

She turned left, saw nothing. Turned right—and froze.

Clutch.

He was in the shadows, looked so angry and so handsome at the same time. She held her breath while he stood not more than five feet from her, gun drawn, appraising her as if she was a total stranger. Looking through her.

She did not like the look in his eyes. A flash of panic hit her, too late to do any good.

He might not be the same man you knew—who knows what going back to GOST did to him.

She hadn’t wanted to consider that possibility. He’d never given up on her, even when she’d pushed him away brutally. She at least owed him the same.

“Bobby.” The name hung between them, her voice barely above a whisper. And still, he said nothing, cocked his head to the side, an almost indiscernible motion.

Her stomach lurched when he pulled his rifle. She smelled the fear—wasn’t sure if it was all hers or if some of it came off his skin.

His shot seemed aimed directly at her. She mouthed the word no, but no sound came with it. And just as suddenly, she felt a sharp blow to the back of her head and her world went black as the shot echoed in her ears.

When she woke, not more than a few seconds later, she was lying on the soft jungle floor with Clutch hovering over her.

He’d been stroking her cheek lightly, waiting for her to wake up.

“You pulled your gun,” she whispered. “At first I thought…”

“I know. He was behind you, hit you before I got a clear shot.”

Sarah sat up, looked over at the man he’d taken down—the one who’d called himself Simms at the airport.

“He had his rifle trained on you. He was going to kill you,” Clutch said.

“He followed me from the airport—he wasn’t alone.”

“I already took down another man. He’s over there.” Clutch pointed and Sarah shifted, and recognized the lighter-haired man immediately. “Why were these men following you, Sarah?”

She realized she was shaking, but it wasn’t from fear. “Not me—the couple I’m driving through. They’re meeting someone here; they have account numbers to transfer the ransom money.” She paused and then jerked her chin toward where Simms’s body lay.

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