Barbecue and Bad News by Nancy Naigle

Author:Nancy Naigle [Naigle, Nancy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Contemporary, Romance, Mystery, Suspense
ISBN: 147782183X
Amazon: B00NAGE016
Barnesnoble: B00NAGE016
Goodreads: 23167232
Publisher: Montlake Romance
Published: 2015-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Scott hadn’t been in the ballroom more than fifteen minutes when someone had scooped him up and shuffled him over to meet some of the guests. If somebody had told him a week ago that he’d be standing here talking to the governor he never would have believed it, but here he was.

It was no secret that there was quite a buzz about how Frank Gotorow had even made parole, and the governor’s office was just one of the offices under scrutiny following what had happened in Adams Grove. Although it hadn’t been the intent to kill Frank Gotorow in the process, Scott had to wonder just how relieved some of these high-ranking officials were about how the whole thing went down. At least this way they could pretty much make up whatever story they needed to cover the scandal without worry that Frank Gotorow would leak what had really happened, especially if any special favors had been thrown around as speculated.

It was hard to stand there and take praise for just doing his job. There wasn’t an officer or sheriff in the country who wouldn’t have done what he’d done to protect his community, or they shouldn’t be in the job. Truth was, the crazies tripping into your territory was just a crapshoot. No town, big or small, was safe from that. He’d just gotten the lucky, or not so lucky, draw of Frank Gotorow following Mike Hartman to Adams Grove.

The people he was being introduced to tonight were folks he’d likely never cross paths with again. Big money. Big names. Big egos. Women hung close to their men in their finest clothes, dripping with jewelry like done-up Christmas trees. Senator Macon’s daughter was among them, and she had caught his eye as soon as she’d walked up, but he’d talked himself right out of that car crash quick. He was not senator son-in-law material. He didn’t want to be under the scrutiny of the state based on every political rant or trend of the time either. That was one risk he wasn’t willing to even dabble with.

He’d tired of the idle chitchat thirty minutes ago. He’d never thought he’d be wishing for some rubbery chicken, but if they could just sit down, eat, and get on with this . . . it would suit him just fine.

The place had filled with press. The local television affiliates were even in attendance. Scott wished he hadn’t given in and come.

A brunette was taking pictures from across the way. Her hair was pulled up, and her blue dress hung in a simple line that showed a nice curve from waist to hip. Subtle, not showing too much, like some of the girls in the room. He liked it when they left something to his imagination. And his was stirring.

He wondered what Savannah would look like in a sexy dress like that. The girl had her build.

He watched as she talked. Her hands moved in an exaggerated way as she did, and her dress swished from side to side with her movements.

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