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Tempt the Night
Trust No One # 5
By: Dixie Lee Brown
Releasing February 24th, 2015
Avon Impulse
Blurb
Dixie
Lee Brown concludes her thrilling Trust No One series with the fast-paced tale
of a damaged hero and the sexy fugitive he can't help falling for.Samantha "Mac" McCallister barely believes her own tale of dirty cops and murder that landed her in the hands of the sexy Jim Brady. One minute she was enjoying a ride-along in her best friend's cruiser, the next he's dead and she's wanted for his murder. Mac never expected to be hiding out from the law, but with Jim by her side, maybe she can survive long enough to clear her name. The question is, can she survive the way Jim makes her feel?
Former Navy Seal Jim Brady works best under pressure. At least he used to. Now, fighting flashbacks from his time in Iraq, he has given up everything he knows in order to protect the innocent … from himself. So working with a woman on the run from the law? Not in his plans for this lifetime. Still, something about the blue-eyed beauty tells him she's not the source of the danger—she's running from it. Deep down he knows he'll protect her no matter what. But his heart? That's another story.
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Excerpt
“Mac? Are you still at Wagner’s?”
Lucas’s voice rose for a second before his customary calm returned. “I’ll call
it in. Stay on the line, Mac.”
“No…I can’t. I have to help him.
Tell them to hurry, Lucas.” She dropped the phone and smiled at Paddy even
though her heart was aching. “They’ll be here in no time. Now, let’s get this
bleeding stopped.” She glanced around and spotted a stack of towels near a
sink. Jumping up, she grabbed several of them. As she knelt beside him again
and began applying pressure to his wounds, he put his hand to his throat and
formed words with his lips, but, except for his frustrated grunts, no sounds
came out.
Mac placed her fingers on his
lips and held his gaze until he quieted. “Tell me later, after they get you
patched up.” There were a thousand questions she wanted to ask, but now wasn’t
the time.
The fear that grew in his eyes
almost did her in. Slowly, he slid his hand to his badge and pulled it free. He
pressed it against her hand frantically, until she had to leave the towel and
take it from him. Next he reached for his gun and became highly agitated when
it wasn’t in his holster.
“It’s okay, Paddy. It’s by the
door. I saw it on my way in.”
If she had let him, he would have
crawled over to retrieve it. After ordering him to lie still, she went and got
the weapon. He was pulling a business card from his front shirt pocket when she
knelt beside him again, and he shoved it at her along with the gun she tried to
put in his holster. She had no idea why he wanted her to have those items, only
that he was calmer when she gave in and held them in her hands.
Too calm. Paddy’s eyes fell shut
and his breathing reduced to a shallow inhale with no apparent exhale. Where was that damn ambulance? Didn’t
they know her best friend’s life was leaking out through her fingers?
“Stay with me, Paddy. You hear?
You’re going to owe me big time when you’re back on your feet. I’m going to
take you up on that trip to Hawaii you’re always yammering about.” She was only
talking to give him something to hold onto, but hope sparked within her when a
tiny trace of a smile flitted across his face.
Mac heard something downstairs
and then voices. The backup Lucas had called for had finally arrived. She was
about to scramble to her feet, go to the door, and holler for them when Paddy
caught her wrist with more strength than he should have had. The gaze that met
hers was clear and purposeful.
“Help has arrived.” She tried to
pull free, but he held her tightly and slowly wagged his head from side to
side. Glancing toward the door again, she tensed. “Do you think the perps are
coming back?”
Paddy nodded. Then, with
deliberate intent, he motioned toward the other side of the room with his eyes,
once…twice…three times, and mouthed a word she couldn’t mistake.
Hide.
Her gaze turned in the direction
he indicated. Like any other kids who’d grown up in Sitka and spent any time
with old man Wagner in his fish packing plant, they were both intimately familiar
with his office.
She faced Paddy again. “You want
me to hide in the dumbwaiter?”
He nodded and swept his eyes that
direction again as though trying to hurry her.
“You’re crazy if you think I’m
going to leave you.” She turned away as tears filled her eyes.
Still grasping her wrist, he
pulled her down and toward his face until his lips hovered by her ear. “Do… it…
for… me.”
Author Info
DIXIE LEE BROWN lives and writes in Central Oregon, inspired by what she believes is the most gorgeous scenery anywhere. She resides with two dogs and a cat, who make sure she never takes herself too seriously. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, movies, and trips to the beach.
DIXIE LEE BROWN lives and writes in Central Oregon, inspired by what she believes is the most gorgeous scenery anywhere. She resides with two dogs and a cat, who make sure she never takes herself too seriously. When she’s not writing, she enjoys reading, movies, and trips to the beach.
Website: http://www.dixiebrown.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DixieLeeBrown
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