by Rachel Grant
“What was it? What was so important you risked your life for it?” This from Cal, who sounded genuinely curious and not nearly as pissed as Pax.
She met Cal’s gaze, giving Pax a chance to take in her profile. She had pretty—almost angelic—features, and the pat down had revealed impressive curves hidden under the loose field shirt. But it was her mouth that really caught his attention. She had the sweetest lips that said the foulest things. The woman was Barbie’s raunchy alter ego.
“What just blew up?” she repeated Cal’s question as she swiped away tears with a trembling palm. Her hand dropped, revealing a smear of red desert dirt across her cheek. “Only a piece of the biggest paleoanthropological find in East Africa this millennium. A bigger find than Lucy.”
“A piece?” Pax asked, curious now. He knew about Lucy.
She nodded. “We lost Linus’s dinner.”
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Acknowledgments
Thank you to the readers who write to tell me my work brings you joy. Knowing my books bring others pleasure at a time when we are bombarded with so much negativity is a light in my day.
Other people who bring light to my day are my author friends who are always there for me when I’m struggling with a scene, character, plot point, or real life. Gwen Hernandez, Darcy Burke, Jenn Stark, Elisabeth Naughton, Serena Bell, Toni Anderson, Bria Quinlan, and Gwen Hayes. Thank you ladies, for always being there for me. I’m pretty sure Ivy and Dimitri would still be stuck on that island if not for you.
Thank you to my children for being exactly who you are. I am so proud to be your mom.
This book would not have been possible without input from my husband, who recorded archaeological sites in Palau for four months and shared with me the wonder and beauty of the islands. Thank you so much, Dave, for the story ideas and for sharing this life adventure with me.
Books By Rachel Grant
Evidence Series (all books stand alone)
Evidence Series Box Set Volume 1: Books 1-3
Concrete Evidence (#1)
Body of Evidence (#2)
Withholding Evidence (#3)
Incriminating Evidence (#4)
Covert Evidence (#5)
Cold Evidence (#6)
Poison Evidence (#7)
Flashpoint Series
Tinderbox (#1)
Grave Danger
Midnight Sun
About the Author
Four-time Golden Heart® finalist Rachel Grant worked for over a decade as a professional archaeologist and mines her experiences for storylines and settings, which are as diverse as excavating a cemetery underneath an historic art museum in San Francisco, survey and excavation of many prehistoric Native American sites in the Pacific Northwest, researching an historic concrete house in Virginia, and mapping a seventeenth century Spanish and Dutch fort on the island of Sint Maarten in the Netherlands Antilles.
She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her husband and children and can be found on the web at www.Rachel-Grant.net.