Kentucky Confidential
The return of the wife he thought was lost and a baby he never knew existed will make this a Christmas to remember…Captain Connor McGinnis has seen a ghost. Staring at a surveillance photo of a Kaziri immigrant, there can be no mistaking the starkly beautiful–and visibly pregnant–woman in a head scarf is his wife Risa. The woman he presumed dead after her plane crashed into the ocean.Risa McGinnis, relocated by the CIA when they learned of a price on her head, has settled into the guise of a widowed immigrant. Confronting Connor again resurrects sweet memories and a burning passion. But until this unknown enemy is captured, Risa must focus more on Connor's protection than on their attraction. After all, the strength of her marriage—and the safety of her baby—depends on it…
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The return of the wife he thought was lost and a baby he never knew existed will make this a Christmas to remember...
Captain Connor McGinnis has seen a ghost. Staring at a surveillance photo of a Kaziri immigrant, there can be no mistaking that the starkly beautifulâand visibly pregnantâwoman in a head scarf is his wife, Risa. The woman he presumed was dead after her plane crashed into the ocean.
Risa McGinnis, relocated by the CIA when they learned of a price on her head, has settled into the guise of a widowed immigrant. Confronting Connor again resurrects sweet memories and a burning passion. But until this unknown enemy is captured, Risa must focus more on Connorâs protection than on their attraction. After all, the strength of her marriageâand the safety of her babyâdepends on it...
Resourceful, he thought. That was Risa.
He felt a familiar tug low in his gut, a pull of attraction and admiration and awe, all wrapped up in one small, brilliant woman. And then, like a slow-rolling detonation, the delayed impact of the reality heâd been tamping down beneath his game face finally hit him with devastating force.
Sheâs alive.
Shock waves of pent-up emotion blew through him, and he ended up dropping to the cold bus stop bench before his knees buckled.
He took several deep breaths, his heart hammering as if heâd run for miles. Risa sat beside him, her compact body warm, and she put her hand on his arm.
âWhatâs wrong?â
How could he tell her what he was feeling when he couldnât trust the emotions? Yes, he was thrilled beyond words that she was alive. He had mourned her deeply, longed for her when she was no longer within his reach, but those feelings seemed to belong to another person.
A person who couldnât have imagined that his wife would let him believe she was dead when she was very much alive.
And carrying his child.
PAULA GRAVES, an Alabama native, wrote her first book at the age of six. A voracious reader, Paula loves books that pair tantalizing mystery with compelling romance. When sheâs not reading or writing, she works as a creative director for a Birmingham advertising agency and spends time with her family and friends. Paula invites readers to visit her website, www.paulagraves.com.
Connor McGinnisâHis wife, Risa, died in a terrorist attack almost eight months ago. Or did she? A surveillance photo of a pregnant Kaziri immigrant leads the former Marine on a search for the truth. But can he live with what he finds?
Risa McGinnis, aka Yasmin HamaniâSheâs come to terms with living a lie to protect herself and the child sheâs carrying. But when the past she left behind storms into her new life, everything sheâs fought to preserve may be destroyed.
Martin DalrympleâRisaâs only contact with her past has gone silent. Why has he stopped communication with her? Is his own life in danger?
Alexander Quinn, Maddox Heller and Rebecca CameronâConnorâs bosses at Campbell Cove Security Services have promised their support in his search for the truth about his dead wife.
Farid RahimiâRisaâs boss at the restaurant where she works undercover as a waitress named Yasmin pings her danger radar. But why?
Tahir MahmoodâThe brutal terrorist was presumed dead after an explosion years ago. But is it possible heâs still alive? And could he be behind the ongoing threats to Risaâs life?
Jesse CooperâConvinced someone high in the government may be trying to kill Risa, Connor reaches out to this security expert with experience dealing with government conspiracies.
Leland GarrettâIs the Homeland Security agent friend or foe?
For my editor, Allison, whose Raylan Givens
love led to this series.
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âSheâs dead,â Connor McGinnis whispered, though his eyes declared the words a lie.
On the street below his window, the woman he was surveilling tugged her faded coat more tightly around her swollen belly and waited for the chance to cross the street. A light wind swept snow flurries in small white eddies down the street and threatened to whip the gauzy roosari from her head. Grabbing the scarf as it slid down to reveal the dark luster of her wavy hair, she tugged it back into place, but not before he got a look at her face.
Her intimately familiar face.
She looked tired and careworn, but there were no signs that sheâd been injured. Of course, the crash had happened months earlier. She might have had time to heal from even a serious injury.
Though how sheâd survived the blast in the first place...
He tamped down a maelstrom of conflicting emotions. Not yet. Emotions on the battlefield could be deadly. And if Risa was still alive, he was already engaged in a war he hadnât known about only a few days ago.
