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A dangerous reunion they may not survive
In this Mount Shasta Secrets novel
FBI agent Tori Peterson intends to find her sister’s murderer, even if someone’s willing to kill her to keep the truth hidden. But that means returning home and working with the lead detective—her ex-boyfriend, Ryan Bradley. Though sparks still fly between them, Tori and Ryan must stay focused on catching a killer...before they are silenced for good.
ELIZABETH GODDARD is the award-winning author of more than thirty novels and novellas. A 2011 Carol Award winner, she was a double finalist in the 2016 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense, and a 2016 Carol Award finalist. Elizabeth graduated with a computer science degree and worked in high-level software sales before retiring to write full-time.
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Undercover Protector
False Security
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Deadly Evidence
Elizabeth Goddard
ISBN: 978-1-474-09737-6
DEADLY EVIDENCE
© 2019 Elizabeth Goddard
Published in Great Britain 2019
by Mills & Boon, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF
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“What were you thinking going over those falls?”
She should have expected the third degree from Ryan. Tori kept her voice low and replied, “That’s not exactly what happened.”
“So you weren’t kayaking alone? You didn’t go over the falls?”
Tori locked eyes with him. “I went to the river to travel in Sarah’s path the day she died.” She held back the furious tears that surged unexpectedly. “So I went kayaking.”
“Why do you torture yourself?” His expression twisted into one of severe pain. “Is that why you went over the falls?”
Her heart might just rip open. He knew her better than that. “How could you even think that? I planned to turn back. But someone shot at me and hit the kayak. I tried to get away, and in the end, I had nowhere else to go. The falls grabbed me. I thought I was going to die.”
Ryan’s mouth hung open as if he couldn’t quite absorb the full meaning of her words, and he appeared to search for an adequate response but came up empty.
“Someone tried to kill me.”
Thank you so much for reading Deadly Evidence! I hope you enjoyed the story and the first book in my newest series, Mount Shasta Secrets. As you might have figured out by now if you’ve read my other books, I love beautiful settings that usually include mountains or a Pacific Northwest coastline.
In Deadly Evidence, tragedy struck Tori’s life when her sister was murdered. Through that tragedy, Tori’s perspectives changed drastically. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what it sometimes takes to make us realize what’s truly important in life—the friends and family around us whom we should appreciate and not take for granted. Whom we should take the time to cherish and love.
But it doesn’t have to take a tragedy for us to savor the time we have with our loved ones and prioritize what is truly important. I hope and pray you treasure those around you while you can.
I love hearing from my readers. You can find out ways to contact me—Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc.—through my website at elizabethgoddard.com.
Many blessings!
Elizabeth Goddard
Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.
—Psalms 119:105
To the One who lights my path
Acknowledgments
Many thanks to my family, who put up with the many hours I spend on