The final storm of the season could be their last.
After barely escaping death when her plane crashed deep in the Rocky Mountains during a snowstorm, Laura Doyle is left with a lingering fear for her life. Her lover, FBI agent Cameron Winger, reassures her that he found her then and always will. But Laura is right to be afraid, because when their engagement is announced it signals to a madman that itâs time for his killing spree to begin again.
Twice thwarted by Cameron and his partners, the Stormchaser pairs random acts of God with deliberate acts of evil. His final act of vengeance will finish his twisted vendetta by taking from Cameron the thing he loves most: Laura.
As law enforcement struggles to connect the gruesome murders heâs committed to mask his return, the Stormchaser draws closer to his true target. But Cameron and Laura donât realize theyâre in the eye of the stormâand this time, being unprepared for the onslaught could spell disaster.
Praise for the novels of
SHARON
SALA
âVivid, grippingâ¦this thriller keeps the pages turning.â
âLibrary Journal on Torn Apart
âSalaâs characters are vivid and engaging.â
âPublishers Weekly on Cut Throat
âSharon Sala is not only a top romance novelist, she is an inspiration for people everywhere who wish to live their dreams.â
âJohn St. Augustine, host, Power!Talk Radio WDBC-AM, Michigan
âVeteran romance writer Sala lives up to her reputation with this well-crafted thriller.â
âPublishers Weekly on Remember Me
â[A] well-written, fast-paced ride.â
âPublishers Weekly on Nine Lives
âPerfect entertainment for those looking for a suspense novel with emotional intensity.â
âPublishers Weekly on Out of the Dark
Also by Sharon Sala
Forces of Nature
GOING TWICE
GOING ONCE
The Rebel Ridge novels
âTIL DEATH
DONâT CRY FOR ME NEXT OF KIN
The Searchers series
BLOOD TRAILS
BLOOD STAINS BLOOD TIES
The Storm Front trilogy
SWEPT ASIDE
TORN APART BLOWN AWAY
THE WARRIOR
BAD PENNY THE HEALER CUT THROAT NINE LIVES THE CHOSEN MISSING WHIPPOORWILL ON THE EDGE âCapsizedâ DARK WATER OUT OF THE DARK SNOWFALL BUTTERFLY REMEMBER ME REUNION SWEET BABY
Originally published as Dinah McCall
THE RETURN
When you live life on the edge and in constant pursuit of one goal, you are missing what matters most. Once time is spent, itâs not the pot of gold you found at rainbowâs end that you will remember. Itâs the people you met and the life you lived along the way.
Time is precious, going once through childhood; going twice as fast as your teenage years fly by. And once you walk into the world of an adult, life flies by before you know it; going once, going twice, going gone.
I dedicate this book to dreamers like me, the ones who remember the trip better than the destination.
One
The climax slammed into Laura Doyle so fast that she lost her mind. She heard Cameron groan as he let go and went with her, riding the bliss of pure lust. She threw her head back and laughed as the last shudder rolled through her. Making love to him was the most wonderful thing that had ever happened to her, and she didnât ever want it to stop.
âThat, my love, was amazing,â she said as she locked her fingers around his neck.
âAm I really your love?â
âYes, yes, a thousand times yes...forever and ever,â she said as she pulled him down for one last kiss.
* * *
It was the scream of someone shouting Lauraâs name that woke her, but within seconds sheâd gone from the afterglow of a sexy dream to heart-pounding fear as she scrambled to tighten her seat belt. The private jet sheâd boarded in Los Angeles was in trouble. An alarm was sounding inside the cockpit, and the pilot, Ken Price, was shouting at everyone to buckle up.
God in heaven, they were going down!
Marcy, her friend and coworker, who was sitting across the aisle, was crying as she tried to text someone on her cell phone. Laura thought of her sister, Sarah, and then of Cameron, but there was no time for goodbyes. She could hear someone praying, and the nose of the plane was no longer level with the horizon.
Marcy gave her a frantic look and tossed her a folded blanket. Laura caught it in midair and put it in her lap only seconds before she assumed the crash position. Her last conscious thought was that the blanket smelled like mouthwash, and thenâimpact!
* * *
It was pain, rolling, stabbing, unbelievable misery like nothing Laura ever felt, that woke her next. Something wet was running down the side of her face, and she couldnât figure out why the house was so dark. She reached for the bedside table to turn on the light, felt hair and then the side of someoneâs face, and imagined an intruder had broken into her house, and screamed until the back of her throat closed up from the panic.
The moan that followed was not her own, and that was when she remembered the plane crash. The fact that she was not about to be murdered in bed was a relief, but that she might die in this wreckage after living through the crash was not. The scent of an electrical short was strong, although she couldnât see any flames. She heard another moan, followed by a short, choking gasp.