Familiar Stranger

Familiar Stranger
Sharon Sala

THE AGENT: SPEAR's top gun, a man deeply shrouded in mystery…THE MISSION: To find his heart again - before he fights his last battle…THE SOUL-WRENCHING REUNION:Once he holds Cara Justice in his arms, will he ever let her go?He was the only man she had ever loved. The father of her child. The soldier Cara Justice believed dead. Now he was back, older, yet just as ruggedly handsome as he'd been years ago, when they'd said goodbye.Passion drove them together again, though duty tore them apart. For he had one final battle, and he would either fight to the death - or return home a hero, ready to claim his woman once and for all….

As the top-secret SPEAR agency

uncovers the identity of the

evil traitor in its ranks,

A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY

concludes….

“Jonah”

The mysterious man behind the SPEAR agency

is about to come out of hiding and do combat

with his greatest nemesis….

But first, the world-weary agent had a debt of the

heart to pay. And so he traveled to see the one

woman he had always loved—the woman he had

left behind—but had never forgotten….

Cara Justice

Age had only made this blue-eyed beauty

even more lovely….

She had never thought she would see him again,

yet suddenly, there before her, stood the man

she had fallen in love with when she was just

sixteen. The father of her child and the soldier

who had stolen her heart. Dare she hope their

happily-ever-after had finally arrived?

“Simon”

He would have his revenge, even at the cost

of revealing himself to his foe….

Simon was preparing for his greatest battle yet—

facing down the one man he could never forgive.

The elusive “Jonah,” a man he knew better than

anyone—even himself. A man he was determined

to destroy—even if he died in the process….

Dear Reader,

The excitement continues in Intimate Moments. First of all, this month brings the emotional and exciting conclusion of A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY. In Familiar Stranger, Sharon Sala presents the final confrontation with the archvillain known as Simon—and you’ll finally find out who he really is. You’ll also be there as Jonah revisits the woman he’s never forgotten and decides it’s finally time to make some important changes in his life.

Also this month, welcome back Candace Camp to the Intimate Moments lineup. Formerly known as Kristin James, this multitalented author offers a Hard-Headed Texan who lives in A LITTLE TOWN IN TEXAS, which will enthrall readers everywhere. Paula Detmer Riggs returns with Daddy with a Badge, another installment in her popular MATERNITY ROW miniseries—and next month she’s back with Born a Hero, the lead book in our new Intimate Moments continuity, FIRSTBORN SONS. Complete the month with Moonglow, Texas, by Mary McBride, Linda Castillo’s Cops and…Lovers? and new author Susan Vaughan’s debut book, Dangerous Attraction.

By the way, don’t forget to check out our Silhouette Makes You a Star contest on the back of every book.

We hope to see you next month, too, when not only will FIRSTBORN SONS be making its bow, but we’ll also be bringing you a brand-new TALL, DARK AND DANGEROUS title from award-winning Suzanne Brockmann. For now…enjoy!

Leslie J. Wainger

Executive Senior Editor

Familiar Stranger

Sharon Sala

Dear Reader,

I hope you’ve been enjoying A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY. The past eleven books have been action-packed, emotionally charged stories of larger-than-life heroes and heroines who were willing to risk everything, including their lives, to keep their country safe, as well as protecting the identity of the inimitable Jonah. From the first book to the eleventh, we have come to understand the depths of respect in which Jonah is held, but the stories were always about the people who worked for him. With only an occasional glimpse into this secretive man’s life, we could only imagine what drove him.

But now, in this twelfth book, Familiar Stranger, Jonah’s story is finally told. I think you will agree with me that this hero is everything you expected him to be and more. His journey has been a lonely one, but with a showdown between him and the deadly Simon inevitable, he does something completely out of character and against all the vows he took when he slipped into the shoes of Jonah. He goes in search of the woman he lost and the family he’s never known.

As you read, the heart of the man will be revealed, as will Simon’s identity. And even then, you won’t know—until the very last pages—how A YEAR OF LOVING DANGEROUSLY will end.

I love to hear from my readers and can be reached at P.O. Box 127, Henryetta, OK, 74437, or online c/o www.eHarlequin.com.

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3