The Deputy's Witness

The Deputy's Witness
Tyler Anne Snell

Just do your job—protect the witness without falling for her.Former city cop Caleb Foster hopes playing by the rules will clear his record so he can get transferred far away from small-town Carpenter, Alabama. But one look into the terrified eyes of a beautiful witness and he'll make it his mission to protect her, no matter what it takes…Alyssa Garner thought testifying against a trio of lethal bank robbers would finally end her months-long nightmare. Now Caleb is the only person she can trust when she and other witnesses become targets. She can't resist him—or the secrets he won't reveal. But someone driven by obsession is ahead of their every move…and won't stop till she's the ultimate prize..

“Just do your job—protect the witness without falling for her.”

Former city cop Caleb Foster hopes playing by the rules will clear his record so he can get transferred far away from small-town Carpenter, Alabama. But one look into the terrified eyes of a beautiful witness and he’ll make it his mission to protect her, no matter what it takes…

Alyssa Garner thought testifying against a trio of lethal bank robbers would finally end her months-long nightmare. Now Caleb is the only person she can trust when she and other witnesses become targets. She can’t resist him—or the secrets he won’t reveal. But someone driven by obsession is ahead of their every move…and won’t stop till she’s the ultimate prize.

The Protectors of Riker County

“Alyssa, all you have to do is hold on to me and I’ll get us out of this.”

She shook her head. Her blue eyes didn’t drop their stare. It finally clicked in place for Caleb. He should have realized why she was so terrified.

An overwhelming wave of feeling surged through him. Without a second thought he angled her face up. Then he met her mouth with his own.

The kiss was meant to distract Alyssa from her fear, to give her something else to focus on. Caleb also hoped it reminded her that he was there, down in the trenches with her. That, no matter what, he’d get her to safety.

Yet all thoughts and intentions fell away as the warmth of Alyssa’s lips pressed against his. Those pink, pink lips aroused something almost primal in Caleb. He wanted it to last. He wanted her…

The Deputy’s Witness

Tyler Anne Snell

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

TYLER ANNE SNELL genuinely loves all genres of the written word. However, she’s realized that she loves books filled with sexual tension and mysteries a little more than the rest. Her stories have a good dose of both. Tyler lives in Alabama with her same-named husband and their mini “lions.” When she isn’t reading or writing, she’s playing video games and working on her blog, Almost There. To follow her shenanigans, visit www.tylerannesnell.com (http://www.tylerannesnell.com).

Contents

Cover (#uc8cd08b5-05dd-5ad4-99fd-8e1f72b2f3cb)

Back Cover Text (#udaeb9bd8-0bce-58b9-a8e7-a3052cb85a3e)

Introduction (#ub8c912d2-9a3d-5f02-aa4e-bcc9470cecfc)

Title Page (#u250a3ad2-c215-5c47-a936-a63e3d5b06ba)

About the Author (#u1e4da5de-89f1-5151-be53-af4d905718c0)

Chapter One (#ub53abb06-ed54-5d92-b03e-6287b69d2b42)

Chapter Two (#u32d9cd1c-6e21-5777-a38b-fa5f0ea4a506)

Chapter Three (#u2225eea5-943f-59f7-8c20-57d319b1d5e1)

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Chapter Five (#ue84bd72c-6601-56c1-995e-1fc8b9af08a6)

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Chapter One (#udafacf7d-430d-5ea5-b5da-91df5756006b)

The rain slapped the windshield in such fierce bursts that Alyssa Garner almost decided not to go into the bank at all.

She moved her glasses up to the bridge of her nose and peered out the window, analyzing the few feet between her car door and the overhang of the Waller Street Credit Union’s awning. If she used the two-week-old Carpenter Times she’d thrown on the back seat floorboard as a makeshift umbrella, she might not get soaked to the bone.