Because of Audrey
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The little girl froze and slid her gaze to her towering uncle. “Nooo! He eats little kids’ fingers. Did he eat Mommy?”
Michael’s eyes sparked. “Probably. He hates Mom and Dad.”
Charlotte started crying, but her older brother didn’t seem to care. He charged toward the gap in the camellia bushes, not bothering to listen as his uncle shouted “Stop!”
“That little—” Lucas bit down on the expletive sure to explode from his mouth. He shoved the rolling bin to the side and started toward the gap.
But Addy did something unexpected.
She reached out and laid a hand on his arm.
And Lucas stopped, turned to her and arched a dark eyebrow. “What?”
“Let him go.”
The man shrugged off her touch. “He’s being—”
“Lucas Whatever Your Name Is, I think you need to tell me what’s really going on.”
ISBN: 9781460320419
BECAUSE OF AUDREY
Copyright © 2013 by Mary Sullivan
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