“Well then, we will really need to do some talking if we’re going to make that happen.”
“Talk, talk, talk . . . when do we sleep?” I was out, not to waken for two days. Brick was gone and I had a slew of reporters and corporate lawyers lined up to see me. I could sit in a chair now with the help of an inflatable donut but it would be several more days before I would even attempt a plane ride back to my Dolphin.
When I finally got the purse I had left in the rental car back, I saw there was a message on my voicemail from a number I didn’t recognize. I punched in the codes to retrieve it.
“Jenny, this is Randy. The guy with the four kids and the harridan for a wife that you met in Las Cruces. One of my guys on the setup crew knows this Robert Byrne’s guy you’re looking for, so give me a call when you get a chance and for Heaven’s sake make it during the day, during the workweek. We’ve talked, and Charlotte’s getting better, but I’m still on a very short leash and you’re way too pretty by far for her to be comfortable with me talkin’ to you.”
The next books in the series:
Running into a Brick Wall
Running on Empty
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Jacqueline DeGroot has published eight novels, a book of short stories and co-authored a local history book. The novels are romances set along the southeast coastline of North Carolina that she calls home. Sexy, witty, and emotionally relevant, the novels bring vibrant characters to life in a coastal community so real you can hear the surf and smell the salt in the air.
To date she has published:
Climax
The Secret of the Kindred Spirit
What Dreams Are Made Of
Barefoot Beaches
For the Love of Amanda
Shipwrecked at Sunset
Worth Any Price
Running into Temptation with Peggy Grich
Widows of Sea Trail-Book One
and contributed to:
Tales of the Silver Coast, A Secret History of Brunswick County
by Miller Pope.
Shipwrecked at Sunset, combines forensics, Southern history, and forbidden love. A handsome pathologist and a beautiful Coastal Area Management inspector team up to unravel a mystery that starts with her discovery of a Civil War corpse in the aftermath of a hurricane.
Worth Any Price is set in Wilmington and tells the story of a serial killer who ransoms his victims in a most unusual manner. Three single women, devoted to their children, with nowhere to turn when they discover that their child is missing rely on three strangers. The men, either in the right place or the wrong place, are alerted to their plight and come to their rescue. By doing so, their lives are altered forever. Worth Any Price is a romance unlike any other.
Jack lives in Sunset Beach with her husband, Bill. Daughter Kimberly attends UNCW, and two grown sons live in Shallotte, and New York. Formerly an overachieving car salesperson in Vienna, VA—she ranked #6 in the country in Pontiac sales—Jack now lives a less stressful life in a small beach community. She rides bikes, cooks elaborate dinners, decorates lavish cakes, and takes long walks along the beach.
Peggy Grich has been an avid RVer for the past six years, loves the RV lifestyle, and is now a full-time RVer. She and her husband, Jim, are the former inkeepers and owners of Goose Creek Bed and Breakfast in Ocean Isle, North Carolina.
Prior to living in North Carolina, they built, owned, and operated a television station, TV8, in Glens Falls, New York.
Peggy has edited books for several authors and is the former Public Information Officer for a community college in North Carolina. She is also an experienced graphic designer.
Peggy and her husband produce American RVer, a monthly Internet Television Show for RVers, which features their RV travels, national rallies, technical tips, and interviews with friends they have met across America. It can be seen at www.americanrver.com.
To order additional books or post a message to Jacqueline, visit her website at www.jacquelinedegroot.com.
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