Into Temptation by Jeanie London

Author:Jeanie London
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Harlequin
Published: 2006-09-08T04:00:00+00:00

Venice, where the Adriatic Sea winds into canals and beneath picturesque bridges, paths that lure the unsuspecting into an inescapable web.

LINDY STROLLED through the Piazza of San Marco in Venice, dismayed by the crowds still milling around. By day, visitors could appreciate the famed mosaics and winged lions on the cathedral. Now, they couldn’t see a thing but the silhouette of historic buildings and glare of bright lights, yet the place had transformed into a hub. A band played, drenching the clear, moonlit night with pop tunes. Fractured conversations and laughter erupted from cafés on the sides of both Procuraties.

Locating her quarry in this mob wasn’t going to be as easy as picking him off the side of a building.

Lindy supposed she should be grateful to have made it this far. True, she was still hanging on to Joshua’s money trail with both hands. He’d routed funds through several countries today. She’d been able to follow, but only because he hadn’t had long enough to bury his money again. Give him a few days when he wasn’t dodging her, and he’d vanish without a trace.

Since she’d trailed him through a rental car last night, she considered that he might have changed his mode of transportation. She’d wasted so much precious time running rental car companies and checking train ticket purchases.

He hadn’t left Vienna by either. Nor had he left via commercial carrier. No recognizable alias had turned up, and after exhausting her list of possibilities, Lindy had been forced to reevaluate her strategy. She’d made love to this man, for heaven’s sake, so how was it that she couldn’t guess what his next move might be?

Sheer stubbornness prompted her to get analytical. She’d reviewed every step Joshua had made since her informant had connected him to the White Star in New York City. So far, he’d been trying to dodge her and hadn’t succeeded. Knowing what she did about the man, she guessed he’d attempt a different tack.

By keeping up with him, she’d proven herself a worthy adversary, and with that idea taking root in her head, Lindy projected various ways how he might trick her.

Or try to.

She looked at bus departures, which would have been an unexpected mode of travel for Joshua Benedict and his five-star tastes, and had come up empty. She swung to the opposite extreme and checked private air travel. Nothing. Out of frustration, she began running every couple who’d flown out of Vienna, and had by default started with the non-commercial carriers.

That’s when she’d come across her first red flag—a woman who’d charged two tickets to Venice then exceeded her credit limit with a purchase in a shop near the Rialto Bridge.

It was weak, but Lindy had been desperate.

One glimpse into the woman’s credit history, though, had kick-started an idea of what Joshua might have done. He could have thrown Lindy off the scent by paying a stranger to travel with him, turning a single male traveler into a couple.

Lindy guessed he would have paid

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