Reckoning

Reckoning
Jo Leigh

Brilliant chemist Tamara Chen can't believe the wild desire she feels for ex-Delta Force operative Nate Pratchett, especially with their lives on the line. But his strong body offers her the comfort she needs during this insane period–when she, Nate and his team are wanted, dead or alive. Nate knows he's stealing pleasure with sweet Tam on borrowed time.They're just a step ahead of their enemies, and as commander it's Nate's job to keep them all safe–not spend every spare moment making love with Tam. But when you're this close to death it's the only way to feel alive.

Reckoning

Jo Leigh

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

To Birgit, for all the wonderful support.

It’s been thrilling.

Contents

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Prologue

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16

Chapter 17

Chapter 18

Coming Next Month

CAST OF CHARACTERS

Nate Pratchett: Delta Force Commander—leader of the team, wanted for treason

Tamara Chen: Biochemist—tricked into creating a nightmare; forced to live a life underground…till now

Seth Turner: Delta Force Surveillance—lost his hand, but healed by the love of Harper

Harper Douglas: Physician—eyewitness to the scope of Omicron’s weapon

Boone Ferguson: Delta Force Communications—risked his life to save his best friend’s sister, Christie

Christie Pratchett: Innocent Bystander—lost her old life, but found hope and love with Boone

Kate Rydell: Forensic Accountant—the first to realize Omicron’s plan

Vince Yarrow: L.A. Homicide Detective—turned in his badge to fight for his woman, Kate

Cade Huston: Delta Force Sniper—lived silently and alone while he fought for the team and the girl he left behind

Eli Lieberman: Cub Reporter for the L.A. Times—willing to risk everything to report the truth

Leland Ingram: CEO of Omicron—the man in charge of death

Jackson Raines: Senator and guiding force behind Omicron

Omicron: A rogue CIA operation whose goal is to sell an illegal, toxic chemical weapon to the highest bidders and use the money for political gain

Prologue

ELI LIEBERMAN STARED AT the notebook in his hand, afraid to open it. He checked his front door again to make sure all the locks were in place, but what were locks? They could get past locks.

Taking a deep breath, he sat down at his kitchen table. The day had been long and frustrating. Every single lead he’d pursued on this story had dried up. No one would talk to him. The only thing he could do now was to go back to the beginning. Corky Baker’s notes.

Well, they’d become his notes after he’d found Baker dead. Baker had been the number one investigative journalist at the Los Angeles Times, while he’d just been a glorified fact checker.

He stared at it again, a small lined notebook with a blue cover. They sold for less than a buck. But inside this particular notebook was information that had already gotten one man killed, and if Eli transcribed the notes, could very likely lead to his own death.

Shit. He was only twenty-three.

He put the notebook in his briefcase, the one he’d gotten from his Uncle Morty when he’d graduated from college. Of course Uncle Morty had also told him he was a schmuck for wanting to be a reporter, that all it would bring him was headaches and overdue bills, and what girl in her right mind would want to marry a man with no money?