Colorado Wildfire

Colorado Wildfire
Cassie Miles

HE CAME BACK A DIFFERENT MANThe last time Sheriff Samantha Calloway saw her husband was hours before he’d been pulled under by rapids. It wasn’t until Wade came to her rescue during a mountain ambush that she knew he was alive. His return was a painful reminder of time lost, which had left their daughter fatherless. For a year he’d worked to expose law enforcement corruption… and now cartel assassins were gunning for his family. Before, Samantha trusted no one more than Wade. If they could finish his assignment together, perhaps they’d find a fresh start. And his presence by her side sure made it hard to resist falling into old habits…

She kissed him again. “Where were you?”

“It’s complicated.”

She pulled her head back and stared into his light brown eyes. After a year and twenty-one days, after letting her think he was dead, he needed a much better explanation. “Tell me about it.”

She wasn’t letting him run away after giving her a whisper of sweet talk and “it’s complicated.” She needed a hell of a lot more than that. She slid down his body and planted her boots on the ground. “Sit down, Wade.”

“I already told you. I can’t—”

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way.”

He frowned. “What?”

The hard way, it was. She stalked around him until she had the uphill position. From there, it was easy to shove his shoulder and hook his legs out from under him. As soon as his butt hit the dirt, she was on him. After taking away his rifle, she flipped him onto his belly and cuffed his hands behind his back.

“Wade Calloway, you’re under arrest.”

Colorado Wildfire

Cassie Miles

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

CASSIE MILES, a USA TODAY bestselling author, lives in Colorado. After raising two daughters and cooking tons of macaroni and cheese for her family, Cassie is trying to be more adventurous in her culinary efforts. She’s discovered that almost anything tastes better with wine. When she’s not plotting Mills & Boon Intrigue books, Cassie likes to hang out at the Denver Botanical Gardens near her high-rise home.

To the most excellent uncles, Charlie and C.J. Climp.

And, as always, to Rick.

Contents

Cover (#u64b5ba13-3492-5d57-8413-791d2ec73edf)

Introduction (#ub874cd2b-d44e-5e2f-b866-19eb4acdbeab)

Title Page (#u2b327ef0-a7d0-5070-89f6-7c6c9e6469c8)

About the Author (#u06b4444b-a2da-5022-98a9-094df43304e1)

Dedication (#ud7c07c4a-2321-56ce-aa92-1e244a7637a7)

Chapter One (#uc967355b-eba3-5925-9e74-4a0812a6efa7)

Chapter Two (#u6a35c8f9-57ec-50ba-b8b4-4ec2001b1b25)

Chapter Three (#u677dace5-0b08-59a5-b3a2-05b76fbc23ad)

Chapter Four (#u3e4949f3-4224-546f-9295-49d14af0d59a)

Chapter Five (#u50670d14-2a44-5277-b316-623db1ddeee2)

Chapter Six (#u003489ff-f915-5628-a3ed-3cdbc2827858)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter One (#ulink_31bf506a-c9eb-5964-90f3-8d6eaf33b3d0)

Sheriff Samantha Calloway hadn’t cried this much since her husband went missing and was presumed dead. She swabbed the moisture from her cheeks with the back of her hand. These tears didn’t come from sorrow. Smoke had got into her eyes.

She parked her white SUV with the sheriff’s logo at a deserted intersection, climbed out and rested her elbows on the front fender to steady her binoculars. Beyond a wide field that was green with the new growth of early spring, she could see the approaching wildfire.