Without You

Without You
Mary Lynn Baxter

Gaining back trust is hard enough…Jackson Cole is shocked when he hears a troubled friend has been found murdered in a New Orleans hotel room–and he's the prime suspect in her death. Jackson realizes he has to fight for his life, but the one person he can count on is the last person he should call: Hallie Hunter, the most gifted attorney he knows…and his ex-fiancée.Especially when you're being set up for murderDivorce attorney Hallie Hunter can hardly keep her composure when Jackson walks through her door, begging her to represent him. It can mean only one thing–she will have to spend time alone with the man who once violated her trust…the only man she has ever loved. And to make matters more complicated, the murder victim was at the root of their final split. But as the case steers her toward a dangerous underworld, Hallie must help Jackson confront a devastating truth–and must decide for herself if she can ever live without him again.

“Why are you calling me at home, Jackson?”

“I take it that’s a no-no.”

“I’d rather you didn’t.”

He hesitated several beats, then said, “Okay, I’m sorry. But I couldn’t remember if I thanked you for taking my case.”

“I haven’t taken your case exactly, but yes, you thanked me.”

Silence.

“It was good to see you, Hallie, after all this time.” His voice had grown low and husky.

She crossed her legs and tried to control her labored breathing. Would she ever get over the hots for this man? Even through the phone lines the heat fizzed. She suspected he felt it, too. Yet she was loath to end the conversation.

“It was good to see you, too.” And it had been, though she was loath to admit that, as well.

“I know I shouldn’t say this—”

“You probably shouldn’t,” she responded in a weak voice.

“If you don’t want to hear it, then you’ll have to hang up.”

She stayed on the line.

“I’ve missed you like hell.”

Without You

Mary Lynn

Baxter

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

My sincere appreciation to Lance McFaddin for

his assistance with the information on private

clubs that I used in this novel.

Contents

Prologue (#uf3e1a137-3015-5de1-883c-07d204227bf1)

Chapter One (#u9b678f29-d025-5416-a794-12e5c14deb4b)

Chapter Two (#u18e90aaa-9c06-5c41-9073-fa0c270bee7e)

Chapter Three (#u70cc66f2-3556-5c93-8964-9463f53b5300)

Chapter Four (#u005a9f02-f3b8-58d0-ac60-e82e61793c4d)

Chapter Five (#ufd9238d5-7ce0-5bf9-8a93-f79e1c044973)

Chapter Six (#u85b5e33e-d5ff-51ff-a8a3-a1040c9ece77)

Chapter Seven (#ud51f792a-5178-53d2-a639-c7193a2f31c9)

Chapter Eight (#u54322c14-0427-5865-8987-7b151c1103d2)

Chapter Nine (#u5a1810c4-e3cd-5a50-8be6-4e32c4cfed32)

Chapter Ten (#u75bbc590-7f4b-57dc-a380-577c5ee6d06a)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)