Her Hometown Hero
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“Not if it’s someone she loves and trusts, and she doesn’t want to find out they’ve betrayed her. We tend to bury our heads in the sand when reality is too much for us to take.”
Cam didn’t know how to respond to that. It was an option he hadn’t even considered. There were very few people in Grace’s life she truly loved. Maybe her parents, though he doubted it. And then there was her best friend, Sage, who had just married Cam’s brother Spence. Grace couldn’t be protecting her parents. They were wealthy, far too wealthy to need to embezzle the sums being stolen here. Yes, the total amount added up to a couple of million dollars, but that was chump change to them.
And Cam refused to believe it could be Sage. She was an incredible woman, in training to become a surgeon just like Cam’s brother. No. There had to be another explanation.
“I have to go, Dad.” He stood up and moved toward the door.
“Where are you off to in such a hurry?” Martin asked as he followed Cam from the office.
“I’m going to see Grace,” he said, determination in each stride. “It’s time for a showdown.”
“What’s your plan?” Martin asked before he got in the car.
“I’ll think of one on the way.”
Her time of fighting him was over. That was all he knew for sure.
New York Times bestselling author MELODY ANNE’s new Unexpected Heroes series for Pocket Books is a spin-off of her beloved and hugely popular Billionaire Bachelors books. She is also the author of the Surrender and Baby for the Billionaire series, as well as Rise of the Dark Angel, a paranormal collection for young adults. Since Melody began her independent publishing career in 2011, she has sold more than four million copies of her books. She lives in a small town in the Pacific Northwest, where she is hard at work writing more irresistible stories for her fans. Visit MelodyAnne.com for more information.
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ISBN 978-1-4767-7858-7
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CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Epilogue
Her Forever Hero Excerpt
About Melody Anne