“Go home, Woodrow. Get some rest. You’ll be doing the job for both you and your new partner, as I’m positive you already know.”
“Sure you don’t want a fishing buddy?” His voice was back to its normal jolly timbre. “I’m a hell of a hooker.” He leered at her.
“I can bait my own hooks, thank you.” She watched as he climbed into the maroon Mercury, folding his long legs carefully beneath the steering wheel. “But seriously, you didn’t have to come all the way out here—I appreciate it.”
“You know why I’m here.” His tone was solemn. “I don’t know for certain what happened with you and Bill, but you know I care about you. And all that other stuff—the investigation—that’s just bullshit. It’ll go away eventually. Everyone knows you’re the best detective in all of New Mexico.” He pulled the car door closed and slipped the gearshift into drive. “And by the way, telling the sheriff you were going to stay with your sister might hide you from most of the office, but I knew you didn’t have a sister.”
Kendra watched him drive away in what used to be her fleet car. A red rooster tail of dust followed him. After a few moments, the car was out of sight, and the forest closed in around her, sealing up her thoughts.
“Sure you don’t want a fishing buddy?” His voice was back to its normal jolly timbre. “I’m a hell of a hooker.” He leered at her.
“I can bait my own hooks, thank you.” She watched as he climbed into the maroon Mercury, folding his long legs carefully beneath the steering wheel. “But seriously, you didn’t have to come all the way out here—I appreciate it.”
“You know why I’m here.” His tone was solemn. “I don’t know for certain what happened with you and Bill, but you know I care about you. And all that other stuff—the investigation—that’s just bullshit. It’ll go away eventually. Everyone knows you’re the best detective in all of New Mexico.” He pulled the car door closed and slipped the gearshift into drive. “And by the way, telling the sheriff you were going to stay with your sister might hide you from most of the office, but I knew you didn’t have a sister.”
Kendra watched him drive away in what used to be her fleet car. A red rooster tail of dust followed him. After a few moments, the car was out of sight, and the forest closed in around her, sealing up her thoughts.
All For Love, a Contemporary Romance filled with heartache and hope, was Ann’s first novel for 5 Prince Publishing. It has been on Amazon’s bestseller list for Literary Fiction.
Her Romantic Suspense series begins with
Stutter Creek, which has been on Amazon’s bestseller list for Romantic Suspense, and continues with her newest release,
Lilac Lane, which one reader called “almost too scary.”
Book three will be out in 2015.
She also writes short fiction, which is usually speculative in nature. To find out more simply contact Ann at one of the ways listed below, or click on the STAY UPDATED button on her Amazon Author Page.
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