“Buy Joe body armor?”
“Keep working for St. Kilda.”
“I don’t know. But whatever happens, I’ve got a lot of painting to do for me. And for Reed.”
“I wish I’d known him,” Kayla said.
“He’d have loved you the same as I do.”
“We talking three-in-one-bed kind of love?”
“Hadn’t thought of that.”
“Well, don’t. One of you is all I can take.”
He laughed and held her while they watched twilight deepen into night.
“Rand?”
“Hmm?”
“If we have a boy, I want to call him Reed.”
Rand went still, then held her even closer. “We’d like that.”
About the Author
ELIZABETH LOWELL’S many novels include New York Times bestsellers The Wrong Hostage, The Color of Death, and Die in Plain Sight. Amber Beach, Jade Island, Pearl Cove, and Midnight in Ruby Bayou were also instant New York Times bestsellers. Lowell has more than thirty million books in print. She lives in Washington with her husband, with whom she writes mystery novels under a pseudonym.
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ALSO BY ELIZABETH LOWELL
The Wrong Hostage
Whirlpool
Always Time to Die
The Secret Sister
The Color of Death
Death Is Forever
Die in Plain Sight
Running Scared
Moving Target
Midnight in Ruby Bayou
Pearl Cove
Jade Island
Amber Beach
Credits
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Copyright
This book is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, and dialogue are drawn from the author’s imagination and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
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