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“NO ONE’S GOING TO HURT YOU.”
When he finds Nicole Harris cowering in a closet—a terrified witness to murder—Detective Alex Donovan’s only priority is keeping the beautiful redhead alive. But Nicole is harboring a deep, dark secret—a childhood trauma that stops her from counting on anyone. Haunted by the violence in his own past, Alex knows he shouldn’t get personally involved, but his own feelings blindside him. With a killer targeting Nicole as his next victim, Alex’s toughest road is still ahead. Somehow, he’s got to convince her to trust him with her life...and her heart.
Alex heard something,
a muffled cough-gasp that echoed
from across the room. The closet.
He slowly crossed the room, then whipped the door open. He reached up, pulled the light chain and spotted a woman cowering behind a stack of boxes. Her face was buried in arms folded across her knees.
“Miss?” He crouched in front of her. “It’s okay, I’m Detective Alex Donovan.”
She didn’t look up.
Alex spotted a cell phone clenched in her hand. She must have made the 9-1-1 call.
“Are you a friend of Edward Lange?”
A negative head shake.
“Do you work for him?”
She nodded affirmative.
“Were you here when he was attacked?”
She nodded yes. He wanted to tell her it was going to be okay, but he wasn’t one to make promises he couldn’t keep. If she was hiding in here, that meant she might have seen or heard something that could help them find the killer—and consequently put her life in danger.
HOPE WHITE
An eternal optimist, Hope White was born and raised in the Midwest. She began spinning tales of intrigue and adventure when she was in grade school, and wrote her first book when she was eleven—a thriller that ended with a mysterious phone call the reader never heard!
She and her college sweetheart have been married for thirty years and are blessed with two wonderful sons, two feisty cats and a bossy border collie.
When not dreaming up inspirational tales, Hope enjoys hiking, sipping tea with friends and going to the movies. She loves to hear from readers, who can contact her at [email protected].
Safe Harbor
Hope White
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Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and
dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience.
—Colossians 3:12
To Anio, for a lifetime of friendship
Contents
ONE
Personal assistant Nicole Harris dropped her messenger bag on the floor next to Mr. Lange’s desk and answered her cell phone. “This is Nicole.”
“Thank you so much for covering for me this weekend,” her boss, Ruby said. “I owe you.”
“Big time.” Nicole smiled, logged into Outlook and sorted piles of papers on the computer magnate’s desk. Edward Lange may be a tech genius but he had the organizational skills of a five-year-old on a sugar high.
“I just can’t do weekends, not with the boys’ soccer and baseball and—”
“Hey, no problem.” Nicole didn’t have a husband or family so she didn’t mind working on the weekend, especially if it meant helping out her boss, who’d also become a good friend.
“What can I do to repay you?” Ruby asked.
“It’s my job, remember?”
“And you’re seriously good at it or Edward wouldn’t have requested you. Did you get the passcodes I texted you earlier?”
“Yes, ma’am. Committed them to memory and ate my phone.”
“Very funny.”
The front door slammed.
“He’s back from his run. Gotta go.” Nic pocketed her phone and checked Mr. Lange’s Outlook calendar to make sure he wasn’t missing anything crucial by escaping the city on a whim. Nic was a natural at her job as a personal assistant, but then she’d spent her childhood keeping her younger sister and brother organized.
Voices echoed