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Former
combat medic Kory Wagner survived four war zones. Now she’s home and out of the
Army for good and someone is trying to kill her in her own backyard. Just as
disturbing is the handsome sheriff who’s on the case. Sheriff Sean Harding
doesn’t quite know what to think of the decorated veteran that managed to
outsmart an entire search party. What bothers him more is the body of a PI,
whom she hired, was found dead in a building she owns. And Kory isn’t being
very cooperative with helping him find the answers as to why someone would kill
her sister and want her dead. Will he be able to keep her alive along enough to
discover the truth?
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Sean followed the trail of blood to the back of the
warehouse. She had definitely been hit -- question was how bad? Was she the one
who called in the shooting? If so he didn't blame her for not sticking around,
not when someone was trying to kill her. He was surprised she called the police
at all.
He stepped out into the late afternoon sunlight. The last
traces of blood were found halfway between the building and the edge of the
woods. There wasn't any skid marks in the side parking lot indicating a hasty
retreat, and there were no casings. Did the shooter have an accomplice waiting
at the back door just in case, or did she manage to escape into the woods?
Deputy McKee joined Sean at the edge of the woods.
"Find anything?"
"No. The blood trail ends over there. Judging from the
distance between droplets she was running at a pretty good pace."
"There's only one car in the parking lot. Do you think
they came together, or did she park back here?"
"They either came together or she came in soon after he
did thru the front door. The trajectory of the bullets suggests she was near
the front of the building when she was hit and exited through the back
door."
"So she either managed to make it back to her car near
the front of the building or she's on foot," the deputy said.
Sean looked toward the tree line. "If I were her and I
had someone shooting at me I'd head for the woods. More places to hide than on
a highway. Assemble a search team and have them start looking just in case. And
notify the local hospital to be on the lookout for her. If she comes in I want
her held for questioning."
MEET THE AUTHOR
Anne Patrick
is the author of more than a dozen novels of Romance, Mayhem & Faith,
including the award winning and bestselling WOUNDED HEROES SERIES, FIRE AND
ASH, and TIES THAT BIND. Her books have garnered four-star reviews from
Romantic Times, 'Top Pick' and 'Best Book' honors from Night Owl Reviews and
Long and Short of It Reviews, and Five-Heart reviews from The Romance Studio.
When she isn't working on her next novel she enjoys spending time with family
and friends, and traveling to foreign countries to experience new cultures and
adventures. Born and raised in Oklahoma, she now makes her home in Kansas.
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ReplyDeleteHow did you decide characters names? And are they based on anyone you know or pure fiction??
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Hi Andra Lyn,
DeleteWhenever I come across a name I like, from newspapers or movie credits or other books, I add it to my character list. When I start a new story I pull out my list and look over it until the right names jump out at me.
The main character Kory was inspired by an actual medic who is a friend though. She was instrumental in getting inside Kory's head.
This is a really exciting excerpt. I have to find out what happened
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DeleteI love the progressive tease of the excerpts!
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Thanks so much!
DeleteThe excerpt was very exciting, I hated to see it end.
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Thank you Ingeborg! Glad you enjoyed it.
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ReplyDeleteI'm wondering about the kind of research you would have done for Kory's background?
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I really am getting hooked on this book. Glad I started late and can read many excerpts at once!
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