Unstoppable. Suzanne Brockmann

      New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author SUZANNE BROCKMANN brings readers two beloved stories of men who will stop at nothing to get the women they love….

      LOVE WITH THE PROPER STRANGER

      FBI agent John Miller was on the trail of a notorious female serial killer, and he couldn’t blow his cover to anyone. Not even the beguiling Mariah Carver, who had unwittingly entangled herself in a web of deadly deceit. The daring lawman was poised to wed another woman: the ruthless Black Widow, who marries—then murders—her victims….

      LETTERS TO KELLY

      For years, a trumped-up charge—and a Central American prison cell—kept Jax Winchester from claiming the girl he loved. Now he was a free man. Or was he? He was still a prisoner—in a jail of his own making. The way out this time? Keep that promise he’d made to Kelly O’Brien all those years ago—and claim her for his own.…

      Praise for the novels of

      New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author

      Suzanne Brockmann

      “Zingy dialogue, a great sense of drama, and a pair of lovers who generate enough steam heat to power a whole city.”

      —RT Book Reviews on Hero Under Cover

      “Brockmann deftly delivers another testosterone-drenched, adrenaline-fueled tale of danger and desire that brilliantly combines superbly crafted, realistically complex characters with white-knuckle plotting.”

      —Booklist on Force of Nature

      “Readers will be on the edge of their seats.”

      —Library Journal on Breaking Point

      “Another excellently paced, action-filled read. Brockmann delivers yet again!”

      —RT Book Reviews on Into the Storm

      “Funny, sexy, suspenseful, and superb.”

      —Booklist on Hot Target

      “Sizzling with military intrigue and sexual tension, with characters so vivid they leap right off the page, Gone Too Far is a bold, brassy read with a momentum that just doesn’t quit.”

      —New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen

      “An unusual and compelling romance.”

      —Affaire de Coeur on No Ordinary Man

      “Sensational sizzle, powerful emotion and sheer fun.”

      —RT Book Reviews on Body Language

      Unstoppable

      Suzanne Brockmann

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      Love with the

      Proper Stranger

Suzanne Brockmann

      For Mary Gray, Kirsten McDonough, Sylvia Micalone

      and all of the other wonderful Workcamp volunteers who have

      allowed me to help raise a hammer and

      build houses alongside them, even if only in spirit.

      Contents

       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

       Chapter Fourteen

       Chapter Fifteen

      Prologue

      SHE LACED HIS COFFEE with opium.

       He wasn’t supposed to drink coffee this late at night. The doctor had told him not to. But she knew how much it pleased him to cheat the doctor’s rules just a little every now and then.

       He smiled as she brought it to him, smiled again as he took a sip. He liked it sweet.

       The opium wouldn’t kill him. It was part of the ritual, part of the game. She’d given him enough to confuse him, enough to slow his wits, to keep him docile and in control as she prepared for her checkmate.

       She kissed the top of his balding head and he smiled again, breathing a deep sigh of contentment—the king, relaxing after a hard day at the office, secure in his castle alongside his beautiful queen.

       Tonight, this king would die.

      TONY WAS BREATHING HARD. John Miller could hear him clearly over the wire, his voice raspy and loud in the radio headset. Tony was breathing hard and Miller knew he was scared.

       “Yeah, that’s right. I’m FBI,” Tony said, giving up his cover. Miller knew without a doubt that his partner and best friend was in serious, serious trouble. “And if you’re as smart as your reputation says you are, Domino, then you’ll order these goons to lay down their weapons and surrender to me.”

       Domino laughed. “I’ve got twenty men surrounding you, and you think I’m going to surrender…?”

       “I’ve got more than twenty men on backup,” Tony lied, as Miller keyed his radio.

       “Where the hell is that backup?” Miller’s usually unshakable