Blue Ridge Ricochet

Blue Ridge Ricochet
Paula Graves

The mountains are dangerous–but not as dangerous as what's building between them…Missing and presumed dead, wanted FBI staffer Dallas Cole is running for his life…until undercover agent Nicki Jamison finds him lying crumpled in the road. To his relief, his rescuer doesn't ask questions, doesn't call the cops. Who is she? What secret is she hiding? Not trusting Nicki any more than she trusts him, Dallas joins the headstrong agent's mission to take down a ruthless militia group. But when she falls into their brutal trap, Dallas will do whatever it takes to be reunited with Nicki and her irresistible tough-as-nails charms.

“You’re not like any man I’ve ever tried to seduce, Dallas Cole.”

“Is that good or bad?”

She cocked her head, a smile flirting with her kiss-stung lips. “Both.”

“In case it’s not clear, I do want you.”

She stepped closer until she pressed against him. “I know.”

She was damn near impossible to resist, but he made himself ease her away. “We have to trust each other.”

“Yes,” she agreed.

“And sex complicates things.”

“It does.”

“It would be easy to let myself get caught up in you, as a way of forgetting…”

“Comfort sex.”

“Yes.” He stole a look at her. “I don’t want there to be any doubts between us. I don’t want you to ever feel used.”

“A little late for that,” she said in a wry tone, and he realized she was revealing more about her past than perhaps she meant to.

Blue Ridge Ricochet

Paula Graves

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

PAULA GRAVES, an Alabama native, wrote her first book at the age of six. A voracious reader, Paula loves books that pair tantalizing mystery with compelling romance. When she’s not reading or writing, she works as a creative director for a Birmingham advertising agency and spends time with her family and friends. Paula invites readers to visit her website www.paulagraves.com (http://www.paulagraves.com).

For my readers. Thank you for all your support.

I couldn’t live this dream without you.

Contents

Cover (#uafb124f6-2cd4-50f6-8809-d1ffbfd48b81)

Introduction (#u9a832d1c-cdc1-58e5-b424-0c43742fe6e0)

Title Page (#u8b2be226-0dea-5941-b07c-4cb2033b6857)

About the Author (#uace6f693-cad5-55de-bf04-0a2a8017963f)

Dedication (#u82be40b9-892c-513f-91c4-9afd0da945d0)

Chapter One (#uedfdba38-36d0-50ba-8d7e-aee018e1bb9f)

Chapter Two (#u6608c16d-f556-5739-93e5-3593f6475326)

Chapter Three (#u3a89737e-5520-5cc0-9c8c-bc83decbcae3)

Chapter Four (#ue45c2ccb-9c67-5c67-9968-66c6a940c6c0)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

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)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Extract (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter One (#ulink_96e259af-ca04-52f4-a3c3-19b22a7082bd)

Sleet rattled against the windshield, a staccato counterpoint to the rhythmic swish-swish of the windshield wipers. Outside, night had fallen in inky finality, as if it planned to stay awhile, the Jeep’s headlights the only illumination as far as the eye could see.

Nicolette Jamison forced herself out of a weary slouch behind the steering wheel and concentrated on the curving mountain road revealed in her headlights, well aware of the treachery that lay ahead for a careless driver. The switchbacks and drop-offs in the Blue Ridge Mountains could be deadly if you weren’t paying attention. Not to mention the occasional reckless deer or coyote—