San Antonio Secret. Robin Perini

      

      A San Antonio rodeo may hold the key to finding the truth behind two missing people

      When Sierra Bradford’s best friend and goddaughter are abducted, she vows to find them at any cost. Sierra—shot at the scene of their kidnapping—checks in to a motel to treat her wounds. It’s there that she encounters former Green Beret Rafe Vargas, who’s come to her aid…and not for the first time. As his best friend’s sister, Sierra is off-limits. But that hardly stops a powerful attraction from growing as they work together on an undercover sting operation to find her friend’s adbuctors. Under the guise of a rodeo cowboy and his pregnant wife, Rafe and Sierra come to find out that the rodeo may be the key to their investigation—and their possible future.

      Her eyelids snapped open, expression foggy with sleep.

      “Good morning,” he said, his voice gravelly and deep.

      She blinked. Her hand gripped his chest hair. She moved her leg slightly against his hip. Her eyes widened; her cheeks reddened.

      The pulse at the base of her throat accelerated. Her pupils dilated.

      She didn’t move. She pressed closer.

      His heart leaped away. The burn simmering inside his gut exploded. He shook with the effort to maintain control.

      He couldn’t look away. She’d captured him with her gaze. He held his breath.

      “Rafe,” she whispered. Her tongue dampened her lips.

      “You should move.” He cleared his throat. “Or I should.”

      She lifted her hand from the bare skin of his chest. She nodded in agreement, tossing a wave of disappointment and resignation through him.

      He allowed his hands to fall back to the sheets. All for the best. But right now he had to get away from here. He needed that shower or to dunk himself into a tub of ice. “I think I’d better—”

      “Don’t think,” Sierra whispered.

      San Antonio Secret

      Robin Perini

       www.millsandboon.co.uk

      Award-winning author ROBIN PERINI’S love of heart-stopping suspense and poignant romance, coupled with her adoration of high-tech weaponry and covert ops, encouraged her secret inner commando to take on the challenge of writing romantic suspense novels. Robin loves to interact with readers. You can catch her on her website, www.robinperini.com, and on several major social-networking sites, or write to her at PO Box 50472, Albuquerque, NM 87181-0472.

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      Contents

       Cover

       Back Cover Text

       Introduction

       Title Page

       About the Author

       Dedication

       Prologue

       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

       Epilogue

       Extract

       Copyright

       Prologue

      Two months ago, Denver, Colorado

      Dreary November clouds hung low and menacing, blocking out the clear blue of the Denver sky. Small pricks of ice laced the air, but Rafe Vargas didn’t feel the cold, even as a puff of visible breath escaped his lips. His focus lasered on the door of the warehouse.

      Most of the block was deserted, but orange caution tape and cones peppered the streets. Not surprising.