Kissing the Key Witness

Kissing the Key Witness
Jenna Ryan

A dying man's last words threatened to reveal the identity of a powerful crime boss, and after hearing them, Dr. Maya Santiago knew her life was in danger.As a killer stalked her, only one man could help…. Homicide lieutenant Stephen Talbot had always wanted Maya. Even though he didn't feel worthy of the compassionate doctor, he was determined to protect her at all costs–especially from himself.But as he and Maya grew closer…and the killer drew nearer…could she convince him to put his heart on the line as well?

“I believe this samba has our name on it.”

“No more shoptalk,” she said when he set his hands on her waist and followed her to the dance floor. “But neck nuzzling is definitely allowed.”

For a moment, as they passed the line of French doors, she heard the wind raging outside. Then it was all music and the magic of the moment. And Tal.

He was hot, and dazzling her with his aura. The sexy, sensual essence that was and always had been uniquely Tal. She was losing herself in it, until he spoke.

“This isn’t why I came tonight, Maya,” he said against her hair. “I don’t want to hurt you.” Lowering his head, he slid his tongue over her ear. “You’re not making this any easier.”

“You couldn’t hurt me if you wanted to, Tal.”

“Consider yourself warned,” he murmured against her throat before he kissed her.

Jenna Ryan

Kissing the Key Witness

Merlyn;

You were the love and the joy of our lives.

On to the next big adventure.

Have fun, sweetheart…

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jenna Ryan loves creating dark-haired heroes, heroines with strength and good murder mysteries. Ever since she was young, she has had an extremely active imagination. She considered various careers over the years and dabbled in several of them, until the day her sister Kathy suggested she put her imagination to work and write a book. She enjoys working with intriguing characters and feels she is at her best writing romantic suspense. When people ask her how she writes, she tells them by instinct. Clearly it’s worked, since she’s received numerous awards from Romantic Times BOOKreviews. She lives in Canada and travels as much as she can when she’s not writing.

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Maya Santino—An E.R. doctor, she was the last person her ex spoke to before he died.

Stephen Talbot (Tal)—Miami Homicide lieutenant, he must protect Maya from the people who want to kill her.

Gene ‘Quick Draw’ McGraw—How far will the Fraud cop go for a promotion to Homicide?

Don Drake—The Homicide captain is living better than he should.

Nate Hammond—The retired Fraud captain pursued but never caught his notorious nemesis.

Jamie Hazell—The E.R. nurse has serious financial problems.

Orlando Perine—The powerful corporate mogul has cops on his payroll and a very vindictive nature.

Falcom—He turned on his powerful boss. Now, he is desperate to get back the information he sold to the police.

Adam Tyler—Maya’s ex-husband hid important information right before he died.

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

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Prologue

August in Miami.

Even in the dead of night, the air felt heavy. Prickles, like spiky fingernails, danced along fraud detective Adam Tyler’s spine. He smelled more than fetid air outside the waterfront warehouse. Anticipation carried its own scent, and he’d been breathing it since late afternoon.

Too bad his captain had gone deep-sea fishing for the weekend, unplugged and incommunicado until Sunday night. But no sweat. Adam had been a detective since before his ill-fated marriage seven years ago. He could sit on anything, big or small, for a couple of days.