Until The Ride Stops
She won’t stop until she finds the truthCaroline Bennett is not looking for a summer romance. A police officer at Starlight Point amusement park, she’s got more important things to worry about, like solving a cold case involving a girl’s mysterious death thirty years ago. Construction engineer Matt Dunbar is one of the few people who’ll talk about the incident, but even he’s not eager to dig up the past. Matt’s working on a new state-of-the-art roller coaster—a project that could make or break his career—and yet he still finds time for Caroline. With the end of summer approaching, her investigation implicates Matt’s company, and she has to choose: justice or the funny, charming man she’s falling for.
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She wonât stop until she finds the truth
Caroline Bennett is not looking for a summer romance. As a police officer at Starlight Point amusement park, sheâs got more important things to worry about, like solving a cold case involving a girlâs mysterious death thirty years ago. Construction engineer Matt Dunbar is one of the few people whoâll talk about the incident, but even heâs not eager to dig up the past. Mattâs working on a new state-of-the-art roller coasterâa project that could make or break his careerâyet he still finds time for Caroline. As the end of summer approaches, her investigation implicates Mattâs company, and she has to choose: justice or the funny, charming man sheâs falling for.
âThanks for the food and company,â Matt said.
âYouâre welcome,â Caroline replied. âThanks for being my victim in the self-defense class tonight. Virginia said sheâd find some extra volunteers for the other nights, so you donât have to come. Unless you want to.â
Did he want to? Matt hadnât made a fool of himself over a girl in a long time. There were a few relationships in college, and even though one of them had lasted an entire semester, he was quite sure he hadnât felt the emotional roller coaster Caroline put him on.
The smart choice would be to cut a wide swath around her.
âIâll see what my schedule looks like.â
Caroline put a hand on the door lever, but then turned to him and paused, lips slightly parted. Had she not been a police officer with a powerful curiosity about an incident involving his family, he might have leaned forward and kissed her.
But that was a risk he was not ready to take.
Thank you for visiting my summer resort and amusement park, Starlight Point, as you read Until the Ride Stops. This is the fourth book of Starlight Point Stories, which also includes Under the Boardwalk, Carousel Nights and Meet Me on the Midway. In the first three books, the Hamilton siblings take ownership of Starlight Point and find true love. Readers met Scott Bennett in Meet Me on the Midway, when he and Evie Hamilton have a summer romance. Scottâs younger sister, Caroline, has a roller-coaster affair of her own in Until the Ride Stops as she spends her second summer on the Starlight Point Police Department digging into a cold case that could destroy the man she loves.
I hope youâll love this book, and also visit me at amiedenman.com, follow me on Twitter at @amiedenman or send me an email at [email protected].
Best wishes!
Amie Denman
AMIE DENMAN is the author of a dozen contemporary romances full of humor and heart. Born with an overdeveloped sense of curiosity, sheâs been known to chase fire trucks on her bicycle and eavesdrop on loversâ conversations. Amie lives in Ohio with her husband, two sons, a big yellow Labrador and two cats. She believes everything is fun, especially wedding cake, show tunes, roller coasters and falling in love.
To my best friend and writing critique partner, May Williams. Thank you for your brains, your talent, your patience and your friendship. I would be nowhere without you.
Contents
CAROLINE BENNETT CREPT into the police chiefâs office and pulled the chain on the light bulb hanging over the rusty filing cabinets in the corner. She booted up the laptop and pushed the power button on the document scanner sheâd borrowed from the Starlight Point IT department. All the usual sounds of the amusement parkâyells of excitement, midway games and the roar of roller coastersâwere eerily absent late at night and the quiet added to the sensation she was doing something wrong.
She pulled open the top drawer labeled 1970â1973. Hanging file folders were labeled by month and year, with bits of paper sticking out of some. She took out the January 1970 folder and placed its single yellowed paper on the scannerâs glass.
While she waited for the blue light to capture the document, she slid open the bottom drawer and took out the July 1985 folder. Caroline glanced over her shoulder before opening it.
She found several smaller manila folders labeled Employee Issues, Dispatcherâs Log, Misdemeanors. The fourth folder was labeled Loose Cannon. She opened it and discovered it was completely empty.
âCaroline.â
She jumped and turned to the door.
âSorry,â the night dispatcher said. âI thought Iâd just walk in here and tell you instead of putting it over the radio.â
âThatâs okay,â Caroline said. She took a deep breath, trying to calm her racing heart. âIs there a call?â
âOne of the night cleaners reported seeing a possible trespasser enter the construction zone for the new ride.â
