Never Say Never by Geralyn Dawson

When a stalker’s sadistic threat sends photographer Torie Bradshaw fleeing for her life, she can think of only one safe haven: Matt Callahan. Rugged and captivating, the sexy government operative saved her once before. Surely he’ll play her hero again. If only they hadn’t parted under such unfortunate circumstances.

Matt can’t believe it when Torie invades his Texas home, bringing danger, drama, and a designer dog with her. He is busy battling old ghosts and newer wounds—this intriguing beauty is a distraction he doesn’t need. But when the situation explodes, Matt must team with Torie to uncover the identity of a killer. Otherwise, he stands to lose all the things he never thought he wanted…

Chapter One

If they caught her, she’d die.

Torie Bradshaw’s pulse pounded with fear as she crashed through the island’s dense tropical foliage. In the dim, dappled sunlight, she pretended she didn’t see the snake coiled around a low-hanging branch on her right or the huge ball of termites hanging from a high branch on her left. Razor-sharp palm fronds sliced at her exposed skin and thorns pierced the negligent protection of beach shoes on her feet. If I’d known fleeing for my life was on the afternoon’s agenda, I’d have worn something more than a bikini and flip-flops.

Torie fought to keep panic at bay. So she was in a spot of trouble. She’d been in trouble before, hadn’t she? What about the time she got arrested by the French gendarmes for taking photographs in the Louvre? Or that time when the federales nabbed her because of a shot that included a government official frolicking on the Mexican riviera with a woman who wasn’t his wife? It hadn’t been pleasant, but she’d found her way out of those scrapes, hadn’t she? She could make her way out of this one.

Maybe. Possibly.

If they caught her, they’d kill her.

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