Judgment

by Carey Baldwin

  A branch snaps, making my hands shake with the need to hurry.

  What are you waiting for, my friend?

  Is Sister Bernadette afraid?

  She has to be. Hungry for her fear, I squeeze my thighs together, then I push my face close and look deep in her eyes.

  “The blood of the lamb will wash away your sins.” She gasps, and her eyes roll back. “Repent.”

  My heart slams shut.

  I begin the prayers.

  About the Author

  CAREY BALDWIN IS a mild-­mannered doctor by day and an award-­winning author of edgy suspense by night. She holds two doctoral degrees, one in medicine and one in psychology. She loves reading and writing stories that keep you off balance and on the edge of your seat. Carey lives in the southwestern United States with her amazing family. In her spare time she enjoys hiking and chasing wildflowers. Carey loves to hear from readers so please visit her at www.CareyBaldwin.com, on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/­CareyBaldwinAuthor, or Twitter https://twitter.com/­CareyBaldwin.

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  Copyright

  This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, organizations, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

  Excerpt from Confession copyright © 2014 by Carey Baldwin.

  JUDGMENT. Copyright © 2014 by Carey Baldwin. All rights reserved under International and Pan-­American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-­book on screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, decompiled, reverse-­engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereafter invented, without the express written permission of Harper­Collins e-­books.

  EPub Edition OCTOBER 2014 ISBN: 9780062314123

  Print Edition ISBN: 9780062314130

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