Navajo Justice. Aimee Thurlo

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      Burke placed his arm around her waist

      Leaning over her seductively, he whispered in Laura’s ear. “Elena has told everyone that I’m your boyfriend, so I think we should make it look convincing. If it helps you to get the right look in your eyes, you could try picturing me naked.”

      A vivid image of Burke that day she’d caught him just out of the shower suddenly popped into her mind—but her imagination kicked in and she saw him dropping the towel he’d wrapped around him. Her mouth went dry and her heart began to pound.

      Burke gave her an utterly charming smile. “Ah, I see it worked. Your cheeks are flushed.”

      “They are not,” she protested quickly, then, looking around, saw they were being watched by a couple dancing past. Laura forced herself to smile.

      “That’s better. Keep smiling and let’s dance. That’ll help,” Burke said.

      “No, it won’t. I’m an awful dancer. I’ll step on you.”

      Burke grabbed her hand and led her out onto the dance floor. “I’ll risk it.”

      Dear Harlequin Intrigue Reader,

      The suspenseful tales we offer you this month are much scarier than Halloween’s ghouls and ghosts! So bring out your trick-or-treating bag and gather up all four exciting stories.

      And do we have a treat for you—a brand-new 3-in-1 compilation featuring authors Rebecca York, Ann Voss Peterson and Patricia Rosemoor. Ten years ago, three men were cursed by a Gypsy woman bent on vengeance. Now they must race to find a killer—and true love’s kiss may just break the evil spell they’re under in Gypsy Magic.

      Next, Aimée Thurlo concludes her two-book miniseries SIGN OF THE GRAY WOLF, with Navajo Justice. And Susan Kearney starts a new trilogy, THE CROWN AFFAIR, in which royalty of the country of Vashmira must battle palace danger and treachery, while finding true love along the way. Look for Royal Target this month.

      When Jennifer Ballard dreamed of her wedding day, it never included murder! But no one would harm the beautiful bride, not if Colby Agency investigator Ethan Delaney had anything to say about it. Pick up Contract Bride for yet another nail-biter from Debra Webb.

      Happy reading!

      Denise O’Sullivan

      Associate Senior Editor

      Harlequin Intrigue

      Navajo Justice

      Aimée Thurlo

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      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Aimée Thurlo is a nationally known bestselling author. She’s written forty-one novels and is published in at least twenty countries worldwide. She has been nominated for the Reviewer’s Choice Award and the Career Achievement Award by Romantic Times magazine.

      She also cowrites the Ella Clah mainstream mystery series, which debuted with a starred review in Publishers Weekly and has been optioned by CBS.

      Aimée was born in Havana, Cuba, and lives with her husband of thirty years in Corrales, New Mexico. Her husband, David, was raised on the Navajo Indian Reservation.

      CAST OF CHARACTERS

      Handler—Just who was the faceless owner of Gray Wolf Investigations and why did he have so many friends in high places?

      Burke Silentman—He had a debt to pay, and in that price lay his redemption.

      Laura Santos—The men she wrote about were only fantasies until Burke Silentman rode up on his motorcycle.

      Doug Begay—Though he was far away, his actions could exact the highest price on them all.

      Karl Maurer—The Center was his life, but how much would he risk to keep it?

      Nicole Maurer—Her husband knew the kind of company she was keeping—or did he?

      Michael Enesco—He was an outsider and that made him the object of suspicion. But was some of it deserved?

      To Pat and Jack Kelly—

      the best neighbors anyone could ever want.

      Contents

       Chapter One

       Chapter Two

       Chapter Three

       Chapter Four

       Chapter Five

       Chapter Six

       Chapter Seven

       Chapter Eight

       Chapter Nine

       Chapter Ten

       Chapter Eleven

       Chapter Twelve

       Chapter Thirteen

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

       Chapter Sixteen

       Chapter Seventeen

       Chapter Eighteen

       Chapter Nineteen

       Epilogue