Harlequin Romantic Suspense January 2015 Box Set: Undercover Hunter\High-Stakes Playboy\Bayou Hero\The Eligible Suspect by Rachel Lee

Author:Rachel Lee
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2013-02-15T00:00:00+00:00

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EIGHT O’CLOCK the next morning, the persistent sound of her doorbell jarred Charlotte from a restless sleep. She stumbled out of bed, muttering and rubbing at her sleep-sandy eyes. “If it’s Gabe, you might as well know I decided to forfeit,” she called. “I must have been insane. Would you just leave me to wallow in my singleness in peace?”

“Not a chance,” a muffled female voice countered. “It’s Dana. Open up.”

Charlotte groaned. Dana. Even worse. She unlatched the chain and cautiously pulled the door open.

“Well?” Dana looked far too enthusiastic about being up this early on a Sunday morning. “Today is the first day of the new you, Charlotte Taylor. Are you ready?”

“What are you? Captain of the matrimonial cheer-leading squad?” Charlotte shuffled over to the kitchen and turned on her coffeemaker. No way was she facing one of Dana’s makeover speeches without caffeine. “Besides, I’m not going through with this. I did a lot of thinking, and I’m going to get Gabe to just drop the whole thing. I don’t really need to prove anything….”

“Oh no you don’t,” Dana countered, frowning at Charlotte as she unslung a fair-size bag from her shoulder. She started piling small jars, bottles and tubes on the kitchen table. “On any other bet, I’d probably be trying to stop you myself—you two manage to come up with some fairly idiotic ones—but this time, I’m all for it. I’ve waited ten years for you to do something with those buried gorgeous looks of yours. There is no chance in heck I’m letting you off that easily.”

Charlotte eyed the supplies warily. “What’s all this for?”

Dana smiled. “This is step one.”

“Step one?” Charlotte picked up one of the bottles. The label was in Norwegian and most of the ingredients had eighteen syllables. “How many steps are there?”

“That depends on how cooperative you are.”

Dana proceeded to get a box of oatmeal out of the pantry, then mixed some with water in a bowl.

“I wasn’t planning on eating breakfast,” Charlotte groused, pouring herself a mugful of coffee, “so I hope that’s not for me.”

“This isn’t for your insides. This is for your outsides.” Dana grabbed one of the bottles, added some of its green liquid to the bowl, then studied the resultant mixture. “It’s also going to get a little messy. Here, stir this.”

Charlotte stirred, then gaped as Dana produced a clear plastic tarp from her bag and laid it out on the living room floor. “What is that for?”

Dana didn’t answer. Opening the front door and walking to the deck, she grabbed one of the forest-green plastic chairs and dragged it inside. “Here you go. Sit down.”

Charlotte took a quick chug out of her coffee mug before Dana plunked her down in the chair, ignoring Charlotte’s startled yelp. Charlotte tried to frown at her friend, but wasn’t able to turn far enough in the chair to see her. “Okay, this has gone from annoying to painful, Dana.”

Dana took a breath, and Charlotte could feel that intent, “helping friend” stare of hers.

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