Amish Hideout (Amish Witness Protection Book 1) by Maggie K. Black

Author:Maggie K. Black [Black, Maggie K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary Romance, Women's Fiction, Christian Stories, Faith Based, Inspirational Reads, Clean & Wholesome, Law Enforcement, Romantic Suspense, Thrillers & Suspense, Mystery & Intrigue, Violence & Crime Story, Protection & Safety, Action & Adventure, Love Inspired Suspense, Forever Love, Bachelor, Single Woman, Hearts Desire, Blessings, Life-Changes, Second Chance Reunion, Honesty & Trust, Home & Family, Lifetime Love, Romantic Schemes, Beautiful & Feisty, Love-Family & Forever, Mennonite, Buggy Travel, Amish Country, Amish, Pennsylvania Dutch, Traditional, Amish Witness Protection, Multi-Author, US Marshal, Witness Protection
Publisher: Love Inspired Suspense; Original edition
Published: 2019-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

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Jonathan’s head ached. Stars filled his eyes and pain pulsed through his body. He slumped forward and the long, loud, wailing sound of a horn filled his ears and echoed through his head. Celeste’s muffled scream still hung in the air. They’d been in a car crash, a direct collision with a vehicle that had shot out of a side road, rammed into them and forced them off the road, like someone on a near suicide mission. They’d been thrown into a wild spin as the old truck’s brakes had seized. His eyes refused to open. His body refused to move.

Save me, God! I’m helpless! I know I tried to push You away. I know I’ve stubbornly thought I could live this life on my own. But right now, I can’t do this on my own. I need Your help. I need to save Celeste.

Her face filled his barely conscious mind. Those beautiful green eyes huge with curiosity and intellect. The way her hair fell in soft blond waves around her face. The way her fingers felt when they slipped in between his. The way she pushed and challenged him, chipping away at the walls surrounding his heart until he feared they just might swing open. No, he couldn’t let the pain win. He had to fight back. He had to push through. He had to save her.

“Help me, God! Help me save Celeste!” His eyes snapped open as the prayer left his lips. He peered through the windshield, watching through the cracks as a young man half carried and half dragged Celeste toward it. He popped the trunk and pulled Celeste toward it.

No! He would not take her.

Jonathan yanked the seat belt away and tumbled from the truck, landing hard on one knee.

“Stop!” Jonathan pulled himself to his feet and raised his hands with his service weapon clutched steadily in his grasp. “Put her down! Gently! Then get down on the ground! Hands in the air!”

The man froze. He was maybe in his late twenties, with a thin face that had seen more than his fair share of beatings. Jonathan didn’t want to shoot him, especially not while he was holding Celeste, but he was prepared to if that was what it took to save her life. Jonathan steadied the gun.

“Don’t be a fool,” Jonathan said. “You have nowhere to go and I’m not going to let you take her. I really don’t want to kill you. Please, don’t make me.”

Seconds passed. The wind brushed the trees. The setting sun blazed across the horizon. Then the young man crouched slowly and set Celeste on the snowy ground. She groaned softly, stretched and curled up into a ball. Thank You, God!

“Hands up!” Jonathan barked. “Step away from her! Now! What did you do to her?”

But as he stepped closer, one whiff of the sweet scene in the air told him even before the criminal did.

“Just chloroform!” The man’s hands shot straight above his head. “Small amount! Just so she’d come easy.

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