Tempt
the Night
Trust No One # 5
Trust No One # 5
By: Dixie Lee Brown
Releasing February 24th, 2015
Avon Impulse
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.
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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Goodreads Series Link: https://www.goodreads.com/series/106408-trust-no-one
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
Seconds after their car laid rubber
and took off, the three men who’d walked in with rifles in their arms
reappeared with them slung over their backs. They peered around carefully. Mac
ducked as they looked her way, even though it would have been a physical
impossibility to see her in the dark so far away. It still unnerved her. She
breathed a sigh of relief when they got into a vehicle a few doors down,
started it, and drove away.
Thank
God. It’s over. Her gaze never left the alley as
she waited for Paddy to come back.
But he didn’t. Five minutes…ten
minutes…fifteen minutes. Mac was kidding herself. Something was terribly wrong
and, in spite of Paddy’s orders, she couldn’t sit there any longer. She should
have gone to find him as soon as those men left. Truth was, she’d been too
scared to move.
Now the only thing on her mind was
getting in that building to look for Paddy. He could give her hell for leaving
the car later. She opened the passenger door and slid out, then reached back
inside to grab the flashlight off the dash and shine it beneath the seat until
she located her phone. Pocketing it, she glanced around carefully, noticing how
deathly quiet the street was. It was nearly three o’clock in the morning. Even
the drunks would be sleeping it off by now.
Mac took a deep breath, hoping to
bolster her confidence, and crossed the parking lot, keeping a sharp eye out
for any sign of life before stepping into the street. She ended up in front of
the entrance to the building way before she was ready to go inside.
The only thing that got her to move
was the growing knowledge that Paddy had to be in trouble. Just inside, she
flipped on the flashlight and shone it into the darkness. The long room before
her smelled slightly of fish and was filled with stainless steel tables,
conveyor belts, machinery, and huge vats. On the far side was a set of wooden
stairs leading to Cecil Wagner’s windowed office that overlooked the plant
floor. It was stone quiet, to the point where she could hear herself breathing.
“Paddy?” Her whisper was shockingly
loud in the silent room, but she’d have to call louder if she expected him to
hear her. “Paddy, where are you?”
Thump.
Mac’s gaze darted to the room at
the top of the stairs. Had she really heard something? Or was it only her heart
pounding in her ears?
Thump.
That was definitely something,
although, if it was Paddy, why didn’t he simply show himself? She hurried
across to the stairs, took them at a jog, and stopped outside the small office
with her hand resting on the door knob. More afraid than she’d ever been in her
life, she pushed it open.
Immediately, she heard a raspy,
wheezing, gurgling sound that chilled her to the bone. She shone her light
across the floor and almost dropped it when the spotlight landed on Paddy,
lying on his back. One fisted hand raised and dropped, again making the noise
she’d heard from downstairs. So much blood…everywhere.
Mac choked back a sob and rushed to
him, the knees of her jeans soaking up his blood as she knelt beside him. An ambulance. Desperately, she fumbled
for her phone.
Paddy was badly hurt. Two bullet
wounds in his chest and one in his throat. There may have been more, but that
was all she could see. The one in his throat was keeping him from talking,
although it didn’t stop him from trying. His eyes were open and locked on hers,
desperation written there.
Mac had to hold it together. She
was all he had right now, and she wasn’t doing him any good being on the verge
of a crying jag.
Without taking her eyes off
Paddy’s, she dialed Lucas’s number again. “Paddy’s hurt. We need an ambulance.”
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