by Pam Godwin
So one day?
After doing some painful guesswork in her head, she estimated she’d been tortured in that room for eight hours.
She lost another two hours waiting at that table before the door finally opened.
A white-haired, pudgy man lumbered in, wearing a wrinkled collared shirt and a crooked tie.
“I’m the U.S. council here in Ciudad Hueca,” he said without preamble and sat across from her.
“They tortured me.” Her voice shivered beneath a strained whisper, and she cleared her ravaged throat. “The military… They…they electrocuted…” She couldn’t even say it out loud.
“I’m sorry, but we don’t have jurisdiction here in Mexico.”
She was empty. Numb. Barely alive. “How do I end this?”
“Declare yourself guilty. Accept the charges. That’ll give you the best chance to transfer to the states and conclude your sentence in the U.S.”
“Conclude my sentence? That is my best-case scenario?”
“Yes.”
“I’m innocent.”
He arched a brow and tossed her a that’s-what-they-all-say look. “Your other option is to fight for your innocence in Mexico.”
That was the right thing to do. The only option.
She would never plead guilty to a crime she didn’t commit. What would happen to her job? Her American citizenship?
“I’m going to prove my innocence.”
“I’ll help if I can.” He rubbed his bulbous nose. “But these things take time.”
“How much time?”
“Years.”
“No. Impossible.” She gritted her teeth. “I’m innocent, dammit. I’ll be out of here in a month. Two months at most.”
“Right. Good luck with that.” He heaved from the chair, grabbed his briefcase, and walked to the door without looking back. “I’ll be in touch.”
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MANIPULATE is book 6 in the Deliver series. It’s an MMF romance between Martin, Ricky, and Tula. While the majority of the book takes place in a ruthless Mexican prison, there’s plenty of action with the main characters from the previous books.
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LOVE TRIANGLE ROMANCE
TANGLED LIES TRILOGY
One is a Promise-FREE
Two is a Lie
Three is a War
DARK COWBOY ROMANCE
TRAILS OF SIN
Knotted #1-FREE
Buckled #2
Booted #3
DARK PARANORMAL ROMANCE
TRILOGY OF EVE
Heart of Eve-FREE
Dead of Eve #1
Blood of Eve #2
Dawn of Eve #3
STUDENT-TEACHER ROMANCE
Dark Notes
ROCK-STAR DARK ROMANCE
Beneath the Burn
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Dirty Ties
EROTIC ROMANCE
Incentive
Every time I publish a book in this series, a chunk of my soul goes with it.
The psychological fuckery, the pain, the emotional angst… Sweet lord have mercy, it takes me forrrrrever to write these books, and by the end, I’m hurting. Everywhere. My family feels it. My friends feel it. I can’t keep the emotion bottled up, because I’m completely immersed in this vividly imagined experience, living in this depraved world alongside my characters.
There’s a reason I put a year in between each of these books.
For every tear I cry, my very own tribe of Freedom Fighters comes to the rescue with encouragement and endless support. I’m so humbled by their friendship, so eternally grateful to have such strong, loving women in my corner. Thank you for everything, Freedom Fighters. I love you.
Thank you to my beta readers—Author Ellie Masters, Shea Moran, Shabby Arora, Kristine Dillon, Brooke Hoover, and Angela Plumlee—for your honest, beautiful feedback. I promised I wouldn’t be pinched for time at the end of this book, but I should’ve known. It’s a Deliver book, and each one takes sixty-five years to write. I’m sorry, and thank you, as always, for waiting. And for rushing at the last minute to comb through my delirious words. I’m forever your hooker.
Lastly, I’m so very thankful for my greyhound, Blitz. Nothing in life is perfect. Except greyhounds. Blitz is beautiful, elegant, snuggly, and loyal, and he wears the scars of four horrendous years on the racetrack. He’s a tough guy, as fierce as he is gentle. Unfortunately, he developed an extremely aggressive, life-shortening cancer. Throughout the writing of this book, he remained curled up at my side, unable to walk. I managed his pain, and he managed mine. There have been good days, bad days, touch and go moments, a lot of tears, but we made this journey together.
We made it to the end, Blitz. You and me. We’ll always have that, sweet boy.
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author, Pam Godwin, lives in the Midwest with her husband, their two children, and a foulmouthed parrot. When she ran away, she traveled fourteen countries across five continents, attended three universities, and married the vocalist of her favorite rock band.
Java, tobacco, and dark romance novels are her favorite indulgences, and might be considered more unhealthy than her aversion to sleeping, eating meat, and dolls with blinking eyes.
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