No Ordinary Man

No Ordinary Man
Suzanne Brockmann

HE WAS THE SEXIEST GUY SHE'D EVER MET.And that was about all Jess Baxter knew about her newest tenant. Rob Carpenter was a master at dodging questions…and igniting her desires. With just one of his searing kisses, Jess was hotter than the Florida sun.Then the murders started–all women who looked like her. And the profile of the killer matched Rob…. Was he an innocent victim–or had his burning kisses only been a smoke screen? One thing was certain: Rob Carpenter was no ordinary man.

Selected praise for

SUZANNE BROCKMANN

“An unusual and compelling romance.”

—Affaire de Coeur on No Ordinary Man

“In No Ordinary Man, Suzanne Brockmann

tells a well-plotted story with a

frightening array of suspects.”

—Romantic Times BOOKreviews

“Thanks to Suzanne Brockmann’s glorious pen,

we all get to revel in heart-stopping adventure

and blistering romance.”

—Romantic Times BOOKreviews

“Brockmann’s complex characters

will capture the reader’s sympathy.”

—Publishers Weekly

No Ordinary Man

Suzanne Brockmann

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

SUZANNE BROCKMANN

lives just west of Boston in a house always filled with her friends—actors and musicians and storytellers and artists and teachers. When not writing award-winning romances, she sings in an a cappella group called Serious Fun and volunteers at the Appalachian Benefit Coffeehouse. Readers can find out more about her and her latest books at her Web site, www.suzannebrockmann.com.

For Melanie and Jason, extraordinary kids

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

Prologue

Her apartment building was not very hard to get into. He just rang all the doorbells in the lobby and waited for someone to buzz the inner door open. Once inside, he quickly took the stairs up to the third floor.

He opened the door a crack, just enough to be able to see down the hall to her apartment door.

He had followed her as she did her chores today, as she did every Saturday. He had left her at the video store, knowing that she’d stop to pick up her dry cleaning and then come home. She had no idea he’d be waiting for her.

None of them ever had any idea.