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Someone on the elite Taylor Point
Task Force is living a lie...
Marissa Richland joined the Taylor
Point Task Force as a forensic analyst under an assumed name to
protect a priceless secret. But when drug smugglers hijack a school
bus, her past could lay waste to the one thing in her life she can't
lose.
DEA Special Agent Sean Grady lost the
love of his life during an operation to take down a notorious drug
lord. All he wants is one more chance to even the score, no matter
where the trail leads him...
Only the clever minds and quick-strike
response of the Taylor Point Task Force can keep a drug lord bent on
vengeance from destroying the peace of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
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Excerpt from Runaway Secret:
Taylor Point, South Carolina
Wednesday, 7:40 a.m.
“When will you have another baby,
Momma?”
Marissa Richland choked on a sip of her
hot coffee as she turned toward her six-year-old daughter, meeting
that serious, deep blue gaze that made her ache for dreams long gone.
Dreams she couldn’t quite keep buried. “That’s a big question
on a busy morning, Erin,” Marissa evaded. Times like these, times
that would only become more frequent as Erin grew up, made her wonder
how she’d ever survive this journey as a single mother.
“Mrs. Trenham is having a baby over
the summer,” Erin said around a mouthful of cereal.
“Chew first,” Marissa reminded her
automatically as she finished packing Erin’s lunch.
Obediently, her little girl chewed and
swallowed, then finished her orange juice. “I’m not a baby
anymore,” she said with a gravity first-graders shouldn’t
possess.
“I’m aware of that, Junebug.” She
smiled, hiding the pain that haunted her daily from the light of her
life.
“Sara says mommies are supposed to
have more than one baby.”
Marissa’s heart flipped in her chest
as she faced her daughter. At one time, the plan was for three
children. They’d even had a short list of names. But plans changed
and she was grateful for every day with her precious, if precocious
child. From the start, Erin had studied the world through eyes
identical to the stunning blue of her father. Along with his ornery
grin and boundless curiosity. “Some mommies get it right the first
time,” she replied, smoothing the feathery wisps of silky golden
hair escaping Erin’s ponytail. “Just like I did with you.”
“Sara says you won’t have more
babies because I don’t have a daddy.”
Marissa bit her tongue. Erin’s friend
Sara was full of interesting opinions. “Isn’t her mommy having a
baby soon?”
“Yes!” Erin’s shoulders sagged
and she thrust out her chin with Broadway-worthy exasperation. “Why
can’t we have a baby? I really want a brother.”
“You do?”
Erin sat up straight and nodded. “Yes!
’Cuz then we won’t have to share a room and fight over toys and
dress up.”
“I see.” Marissa tried not to
laugh. “We’ll talk about it after school. If we don’t get a
move-on we’ll both be late.”
I can't wait to read this! I love Regan's books!
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