The Negotiation

The Negotiation
Tyler Anne Snell

SHE’S FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE. He’ll risk everything to keep her safe.When Rachel Roberts is nearly abducted, she makes a panicked call to the one man she can trust.Dane Jones will do anything to protect his best friend’s widow and must confront his past in order to stop a madman. Their lives – and their futures – depend on it.

She’s fighting for her life.

He’ll risk everything to keep her safe.

When Rachel Roberts is nearly abducted, she makes a panicked call to the one man she can trust. Lawman Dane Jones will do anything to protect his best friend’s widow. Plagued by the guilt he bears over the man’s tragic death and his undeclared love for Rachel, Dane must confront his past in order to stop a madman. Their lives—and their futures—depend on it.

The Protectors of Riker County

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 tylerannesnell.com (http://tylerannesnell.com).

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The Deputy’s Baby

The Negotiation

Private Bodyguard

Full Force Fatherhood

Be on the Lookout: Bodyguard

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The Negotiation

Tyler Anne Snell

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ISBN: 978-1-474-07929-7

THE NEGOTIATION

© 2018 Tyler Anne Snell

Published in Great Britain 2018

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This book is for Dianne. Not only are you the

best mama-in-law I could ask for, you’re also insane.

In the best way possible. Thank you for all of your help

with this series. And for creating my favorite human.

May all your days be blessed with pineapples.

Contents

Cover (#u6bbebf70-cfb4-5288-ad6a-7764eb430c2a)

Back Cover Text (#uc01651b1-dc5f-553d-a77b-d6a3d2df525e)

About the Author (#u3c983648-a56e-5d19-ab44-61ae52e721ac)

Booklist (#ulink_3f1a7567-96ee-5097-aa5d-66d374297b14)

Title Page (#u0477bac3-dd41-5b3e-b23e-d4d694dcd654)

Copyright (#ued1462a6-3a3e-5d76-aa97-31ac3a24eddd)

Dedication (#u1ab5540a-df87-55c4-ab31-df59db714327)

Prologue (#u072dbc9e-9b7a-5b15-b95b-5515bc5bcbd4)

Chapter One (#ua9dd39e0-bf0b-599f-b293-8ef2c7c61f30)

Chapter Two (#u271d5976-1e05-5dcd-a471-47af2df524dd)

Chapter Three (#ua38a9300-899c-5ce7-b6df-4daeec9948d1)

Chapter Four (#u6d1b39ba-8fc2-5623-a51d-929b2340b120)