Sabotage

Sabotage
Kit Wilkinson

Olympic hopeful Emilie Gill is beautiful, rich, successful–and in danger. Someone's targeting her stable, her friends, her life…and there's nowhere for her to turn. The police? They've charged her with murder. Her father? Out of town–again. Her best friend? He's the man she's accused of killing. There's no one to count on–until Derrick Randall rides into her life. The stable manager's support encourages Emilie to open her carefully guarded heart. But just as she's learning to trust, it all comes apart. Her faith–and newfound love–are all she'll have when the sabotage turns deadly once more….

Distracted, Derrick almost missed the two police cars heading for the barn.

And the television news van that followed.

Quickly, he dismounted the horse, handed the reins over to the evening stable hand and dashed to Emilie’s office. But already two policemen were escorting her through the front doors of the stable. One of the officers held up a hand, indicating for Derrick to stay back.

Emilie lowered her head and looked away. “Call my lawyer. And my father.”

“And tell them what?” Derrick’s voice cracked through the tense air.

“Can’t you guess? I’m being arrested,” she said, trying to sound bravely unaffected.

Derrick could see she was close to tears. “For what?”

“For the murder of Camillo Garcia,” one of the officers answered.

KIT WILKINSON

is a former Ph.D. student who once wrote discussions on the medieval feminine voice. She now prefers weaving stories of romance and redemption. Her first inspirational manuscript won the prestigious RWA Golden Heart and was published in 2009 by Steeple Hill Books as Protector’s Honor. Besides writing, she loves hanging out with friends and family, cooking for lots of people and participating in almost any sport. She and her husband reside in Virginia with their two young children and one extremely energetic border collie mix named Bear.

Sabotage

Kit Wilkinson

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

Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God.

—Psalms 20:7

To the real Emilie Ann, may your life be filled with

love and the blessing of the Lord

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

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN

CHAPTER NINETEEN

CHAPTER TWENTY

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

LETTER TO READER

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

PROLOGUE

Burn it.