Every Move She Makes. Jannine Gallant

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      No matter where she goes, he knows her every move…

      Long ago, Rachel Carpenter was a glamorous soap star. She gave it all up to move to Napa Valley with her daughters to open up a bookstore near her family vineyard. Her life is safe and dependable, until she encounters Kane Lafferty at a wilderness camp in the rugged High Sierra. A burned-out police detective struggling with his own demons, Kane is instantly attracted to Rachel. And like Rachel, he isn’t sure if he’s ready to open up his heart. But everything is about to change…

      Someone is watching from the darkness. A fanatic obsessed with Rachel for years has decided to claim what he believes is his. It will be up to Kane to not only protect his new love and her family, but to uncover the identity of the stalker before it’s too late for all of them…

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      Every Move She Makes

      Who’s Watching Now

      Jannine Gallant

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      Copyright © 2014 by Jannine Gallant

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      First Electronic Edition: March 2015

      eISBN-13: 978-1-61650-642-1

      eISBN-10: 1-61650-642-3

      First Print Edition: March 2015

      ISBN-13: 978-1-61650-643-8

      ISBN-10: 1-61650-643-1

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      Dedication

      In loving memory of my grandma, Lillian Watson. Strong and sweet. Generous and funny. I can only hope to be half the woman you were. You will be missed.

      Prologue

      Fourteen Years Earlier

      He stared at the television screen, his gaze riveted on the girl with the long, auburn hair. The most beautiful girl he’d ever seen. She spoke to a man—a man unworthy of her perfection—her green eyes alight with amusement.

      His hand should be the one touching her silk-clad shoulder. He should be the one caressing her soft skin. No one else. She should belong to him.

      Need surged through him, and he pulled a magazine over his lap to cover the evidence. A commercial flashed on the screen, and the red-haired beauty was gone. He hit the arm of the couch with his fist.

      “Honey, you can change the channel if you like.” His mother’s voice drifted into the room ahead of her. “I don’t mind missing my soap just this once.”

      “I don’t care what’s on. I’m not watching it anyway.”

      “You look a bit feverish.” She touched his forehead with a cool hand.

      “I took some aspirin with my regular meds earlier.” Why won’t she leave me alone? He steadied his breathing while waiting through several more commercials.

      An advertisement for tampons ended, and the green-eyed girl was there again. Her beauty tugged at his heart.

      “Oh, good, Jordan’s on today’s show. Her character’s new, and I hope they give her a big storyline. Isn’t she just the prettiest thing?”

      He tuned out his mother’s voice the way he would a buzzing mosquito and focused on the television. So...her name was Jordan. None of the other girls on the show were like her. The others didn’t feed his desire. They didn’t create a burning need inside him. Jordan was special. Perfect.

      His gaze followed her every move until the scene ended. A sigh of disappointment escaped as he leaned back against the couch cushions and waited while a different storyline built. More commercials followed. He gritted his teeth.

      “You look tired, honey. Maybe you should go back to bed.”

      “I will in a while.”

      “How about some soup? Does that sound good?”

      He nodded. Anything to get you to leave me alone.

      Jordan reappeared on the screen. His stomach jumped, and the magazine on his lap twitched. God, how he wanted her.

      She wouldn’t be interested in someone his age. The time wasn’t right, but someday it would be. He’d make her want him as much as he wanted her. Someday the beautiful Jordan would belong to him.

      Chapter 1

      “My baby has pink hair.” Rachel Carpenter planted her elbows on the table and held her face in her hands. “No, I take that back. Not pink. Magenta. Her beautiful, blond hair is magenta.”

      Her sister smiled from across the table, the green eyes they’d both inherited from their mother sparkling with amusement. “Magenta is a lovely color.”

      “Did I mention she cut it, too? Her hair СКАЧАТЬ