Desperate Strangers

Desperate Strangers
Carla Cassidy

Will her secrets get them killed?Nick Simon is using his “fiancé,” Julie Peterson, as an alibi. But when someone starts calling with threats of murder, Julie is drawn even closer to the only man who can protect her…

His secrets might break her heart

but hers could get them killed!

Nick Simon is using his “fiancée,” Julie Peterson, as an alibi—and her amnesia means she doesn’t even know they only met at the scene of her accident. But when someone starts calling with threats of murder, Julie is drawn even closer to the only man who can protect her. Will she remember the deadly secret she carries before a murderer can strike again?

CARLA CASSIDY is an award-winning, New York Times bestselling author who has written more than one hundred and twenty novels for Mills & Boon. In 1995, she won Best Silhouette Romance from RT Book Reviews for Anything for Danny. In 1998, she won a Career Achievement Award for Best Innovative Series from RT Book Reviews. Carla believes the only thing better than curling up with a good book to read is sitting down at the computer with a good story to write.

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Desperate Strangers

Carla Cassidy

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DESPERATE STRANGERS

© 2018 Carla Bracale

Published in Great Britain 2018

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Contents

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About the Author (#u12f435b8-ff41-57a3-ba13-cb1083e274e9)

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Title Page (#u23f9a2ea-6ec0-55db-bf44-39243b13d182)

Copyright (#u5c345f43-b377-58f8-890e-e2f85ed9c752)

Chapter One (#u9e2fb044-a802-5a92-9d99-813a00aebcd3)

Chapter Two (#uc24d0c9f-fc66-5457-9ae4-526d2fc240f5)

Chapter Three (#u31d0e72f-e399-5246-9cc5-41c3d61349ed)

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