Heaven with a Gun
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“Stay away! Stay away from me!” Brown shrieked, backing.
Grey’s right arm shot out, his fist landing square on the bastard’s chin, knocking him off his feet and sending him crashing into the wall. Except it wasn’t a wall.
The sound of shattering glass filled the room and then Brown was swallowed by the velvet draperies and disappeared. The sound broke the paralysis holding the policeman and they rushed to join Grey at the newly revealed window, just in time to see Brown pick himself up off the pavement ten feet below and flee across the street.
“Son of a bitch!” Grey shouted. He was every sort of ass. He should have tackled Brown, let the police tackle Brown, let the others tackle Brown, but because of some misplaced compulsion to beat the bastard senseless he’d allowed him to escape.
He spun around to glare at Francesca and found she had fallen to the floor and knelt in a pool of delicate batiste, her dark hair falling across her pale face. His curse died on his lips. He wanted only to sweep her up in his arms and take her away from here.
Madness.
She wasn’t even looking at him. Her eyelids fluttered like a dreamer coming awake from a fantastical nightmare and she gazed around her uncomprehendingly.
Then, slowly, she tipped back her head and laughed.
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Connie Brockway written over twenty full-length novels and a dozen novellas, bringing the current number of her books in print to over 2 million published in thirteen countries.
Many of her books have received Publishers Weekly and Library Journal starred reviews. Her 2004 title, My Seduction, was named one of 2004’s top ten romances by BOOKLIST.
An eight time finalist for Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA award, Brockway has twice been its recipient, first in 1998 for My Dearest Enemy and in 2002 for The Bridal Season. Her books regularly appear on national and regional bestseller lists and are frequent Doubleday/Literary Guild selections.
Today, Connie lives in Minnesota with her husband David, a family physician, and two spoiled mutts.
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Title Page
HEAVEN WITH A GUN
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
A special excerpt from the Connie Brockway’s best-selling historical romance,
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