I was forced to release him, the painful blow knocking the wind from my lungs and leaving me unprepared for his punch to my stomach. Unable to get any leverage between us, his arm came down hard and he slammed a fist into my back. Furious, I came back at him again, grabbing the hand holding my necklace and sinking my teeth into it. “Get off me,” he growled, shoving me away. Surprised, he turned sharply to avoid my lunge, the movement causing the knife to bite into the skin of my arm. “No!” I leapt forward and grabbed his fist, clenched tightly around the pendant.

His hand closed around the pendant and yanked, the chain of the necklace biting painfully into my skin before it broke. “My husband’s is on his way,” I lied, grasping for straws. “Give me the necklace or you’ll regret it,” the mugger said, jerking me back to the imminently dangerous here and now. Unfortunately for Kathleen, he’s already moved for the end-game – by painting a target on her…and pulling the trigger. Kathleen and Kade, Blane’s brother and ex-FBI-agent-turned-assassin-for-hire, are on the trail of the killer. Someone with a lot of money, and even more clout, wants Blane to lose.Īs dead bodies of people connected to the defense start piling up, it becomes painfully obvious that disappearing witnesses and altered testimony are no longer enough for whoever is intent on guaranteeing the SEAL gets convicted. The case has far-reaching political and military implications. A former Navy SEAL stands accused of the wrongful death of an American citizen during a military operation overseas. Kathleen is horrified by the threats – and worse – being directed at him. The deadly kind.īlane’s current case is drawing heated debate and stirring the pot of public fury. They make it home alive, but Kathleen realizes her boyfriend has been keeping secrets.

She just didn’t expect that termination to be her funeral.Ī festive afternoon of Christmas tree shopping turns life-threatening when Kathleen and Blane become targets for an unknown gunman. Kathleen is the happiest she’s been in a long time, especially as Christmas approaches, but she’s always known there was a termination date on her relationship with Blane. Senior Partner Blane Kirk is known for being a notorious player – the Baskin Robbins of dating with a different flavor every month. When Kathleen Turner, office runner for the prestigious Indianapolis law firm of Kirk & Trent, started dating the boss she knew the risks.

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