One Night With You: A Fatal Series Prequel Novella (The Fatal Series) (9 page)
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Authors: Marie Force
Sam made a conscious effort not to squirm as he stared her down, looking for answers she simply didn’t have. She didn’t know why she had no desire to go back to work. She didn’t know why she felt dead inside or why she wondered if she would ever again be able to trust her own judgment when it had failed her so dramatically. She didn’t have the answers they all wanted so badly, and until she did, they weren’t going to let her come back. So she’d decided to enjoy the unexpected time off. What else could she do?
“Sam, this is
me
.” He’d been her mentor and friend since the day she made detective. “Talk to me, will you? Tell me what you’re thinking.”
His concern touched off another wave of guilt at knowing she had caused him—and others—such dismay.
When she remained silent, he said, “I want you to know… We… all of us, from the chief on down, we failed you in this situation with Stahl. It never occurred to us that he would take it as far as he did, and that’s on us.”
Sam rose to her feet. “I gotta go, Cap. It was good to see you.”
“Sam, wait.”
Before he could make it around his desk, she was out the door and headed for the morgue and the closest exit. She burst into the frigid January day and took deep breaths of the cold air. Her eyes darted around the parking lot, on the lookout for enemies. After fourteen years on the job, she’d made more than her share of them. Now she knew they weren’t afraid to come after her, to try to take everything from her. She’d learned to be wary and more afraid than she’d ever been before.
When Nick accepted the president’s offer to become his new vice president, he’d declined Secret Service protection for her so she could continue to do the job she loved. That she was actually thinking about requesting a detail was indicative of how screwed up everything had gotten since Stahl attacked her.
She got into her car and drove home, the one place she felt safe these days, surrounded as they were by Nick’s detail and Scotty’s. The house was like a fortress, and she liked it that way. No one could get to her there.
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Other Books by Marie Force
Romantic Suspense Novels Available from Marie Force
The Fatal Series
One Night With You
, A Fatal Series Prequel Novella
Book 1:
Fatal Affair
Book 2:
Fatal Justice
Book 3:
Fatal Consequences
Book 3.5:
Fatal Destiny
the Wedding Novella
Book 4:
Fatal Flaw
Book 5:
Fatal Deception
Book 6:
Fatal Mistake
Book 7:
Fatal Jeopardy
Book 8:
Fatal Scandal
Book 9:
Fatal Frenzy
(September 15, 2015)
Single Title
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The Erotic Quantum Trilogy
Book 1:
Virtuous
Book 2:
Valorous
Book 3:
Victorious
Contemporary Romances Available from Marie Force
The Gansett Island Series
McCarthys of Gansett Island Boxed Set, Books 1-3
McCarthys of Gansett Island Boxed Set, Books 4-6
Book 1:
Maid for Love
Book 2:
Fool for Love
Book 3:
Ready for Love
Book 4:
Falling for Love
Book 5:
Hoping for Love
Book 6:
Season for Love
Book 7:
Longing for Love
Book 8:
Waiting for Love
Book 9:
Time for Love
Book 10:
Meant for Love
Book 10.5:
Chance for Love
A Gansett Island Novella
Book 11:
Gansett After Dark
Book 12:
Kisses After Dark
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Treading Water
Book 2:
Marking Time
Book 3:
Starting Over
Book 4:
Coming Home
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All You Need Is Love
Book 2:
I Want to Hold Your Hand
Book 3:
I Saw Her Standing There
Book 4:
And I Love Her
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You'll Be Mine
in the Ask Me Why Anthology (July 7, 2015)
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About the Author
With more than 4 million books sold,
Marie Force
is the
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and
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bestselling, award-winning author of more than 40 contemporary romances. Her
New York Times
bestselling self-published Gansett Island Series has sold 2 million e-books since
Maid for Love
was released in 2011. She is also the author of the
New York Times
bestselling Fatal Series from Harlequin’s Carina Press, as well as the
New York Times
bestselling Green Mountain Series from Berkley Sensation, among other books and series. Marie’s new erotic Quantum Trilogy was released under the name of M.S. Force in April 2015, and all three books were
New York Times
and
USA Today
bestsellers. The trilogy is now set to become a series.
While her husband was in the Navy, Marie lived in Spain, Maryland and Florida, and she is now settled in her home state of Rhode Island. She is the mother of two teenagers and two feisty dogs, Brandy and Louie.
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