Colton's Deadly Engagement

Colton's Deadly Engagement
Addison Fox

To catch a killer…They’ll fake an engagement…After yet another groom-to-be is murdered in Red Ridge, K-9 cop Finn Colton comes up with a plan. He'll fake an engagement to Darby Gage – to bait a criminal and investigate his suspect ‘fiancée.’ But after brutal attempts on both their lives, Finn worries that he's endangered the woman he's falling for. Can he protect Darby and convince her to make their engagement real?

A cop and his false fiancée track a serial killer

A Coltons of Red Ridge story...

After yet another groom-to-be is murdered in Red Ridge, K-9 cop Finn Colton comes up with a plan. He’ll fake an engagement to Darby Gage—to bait a criminal and investigate his suspect “fiancée.” But after brutal attempts on both their lives, Finn worries that he’s endangered the woman he’s falling for. Can he protect Darby and convince her to make their engagement real?

ADDISON FOX is a lifelong romance reader, addicted to happy-ever-afters. After discovering she found as much joy writing about romance as she did reading it, she’s never looked back. Addison lives in New York with an apartment full of books, a laptop that’s rarely out of sight and a wily beagle who keeps her running. You can find her at her home on the web at www.addisonfox.com (http://www.addisonfox.com) or on Facebook (Facebook.com/addisonfoxauthor (https://Facebook.com/addisonfoxauthor)) and Twitter (@addisonfox (https://twitter.com/addisonfox)).

Also available by Addison Fox

Cold Case Colton

Colton’s Surprise Heir

Silken Threats

Tempting Target

The Professional

The Royal Spy’s Redemption

The Paris Assignment

The London Deception

The Rome Affair

The Manhattan Encounter

Secret Agent Boyfriend

Colton K-9 Cop

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Colton’s Deadly Engagement

Addison Fox

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ISBN: 978-1-474-07860-3

COLTON’S DEADLY ENGAGEMENT

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For Aunt Bonnie

Godmother. Aunt. Friend. Cheerleader. You’ve always been that to me and so much more.

But would I be me if I didn’t memorialize our oldest joke in your dedication?

Bonnie really IS a nickname for Angela. (Even if my 1st grade teacher still believes I’m wrong!)

I love you!

Contents

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Dedication (#ue8345a8d-4d81-575c-9270-82ea45658293)

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