True Blue K-9 Unit: Brooklyn Christmas by Laura Scott

Author:Laura Scott
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2020-09-04T18:40:17+00:00

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Adam’s right hand tightened on the steering wheel, letting his injured left hand with its three missing fingers stay down by his side. His van had just left the lot with his wounded and kidnapped employee, Quentin Stacy, trapped in the back. As long as Quentin’s phone stayed on and was sending out a signal, Adam’s phone would be able to track his GPS. But pausing to wait to pick up a passenger hadn’t been part of the plan and he didn’t have a moment to waste.

“I drove tactical convoys in Afghanistan,” he said, “I was a corporal in the United States Army. I’ve got a man inside the van and a way to track it. Now come on.”

She quickly checked in with someone named Morrow on the other end of her radio, then glanced at her dog. “Liberty, back seat.”

The Labrador leaped in the passenger door and climbed in the back, pushing its furry body through the gap between the seats. Half a second later and the cop was in with her seat belt buckled and the door closed.

“You sure you want to bring a dog on a high-speed chase?” he asked.

“She’s my K-9 partner,” the cop said, “and considering New York traffic, I’ll be impressed if you actually manage to speed.”

He chuckled. Okay, so the cop was decisive and seemed to have a sense of humor. He cast her a quick side glance as he put the truck into Drive. She was beautiful too, Adam thought. Unusually so, with high cheekbones and long dark hair tied tight in a bun by the nape of her neck.

“Noelle Orton,” she said, as if sensing his glance. “Brooklyn K-9 Unit.”

“Adam Jolly,” he said. His eyes cut to the windshield. “Nice to meet you.”

He peeled out of the lot, glancing from the road ahead to the blue dot on the map on his cell phone mounted to the dashboard.

“Nice to meet you too,” Noelle said. “What do you mean, you have a man inside the van?”

He pulled his truck out onto the street. Traffic surrounded them almost immediately, and the van was nowhere in sight. But the tiny blue dot showed the van had turned left. He followed.

“I got a call from my employee, Quentin Stacy,” he added. The light ahead turned yellow and a car coming the opposite way was trying to push a left turn. He gritted his teeth, pressed the gas and steered around it. The car honked loudly, but he’d safely made the light. “He was in the back of the van about to unload toys when a masked man caught him by surprise and stabbed him. Thankfully, he managed to call me.”

“So it’s a kidnapping?” Noelle pressed. “Or the masked man panicked and left with him in the back?”

Good question.

“I don’t know,” Adam admitted. All he knew was that he was not about to let him die. He’d lost more people than he liked to count, from those he’d served with to Matty’s mother. The

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