The In Death Collection Books 21-25 - J. D. Robb [283]
She walked back to him, tugged on the sleeve of his T-shirt. “What’s this for, ace?”
“I thought I’d grab a workout, but my wife got home earlier than expected.”
“I could use one myself. Burn off some of this annoyance.” She stepped back to remove her weapon harness, then angled her head. “If you found out I’d been putting on a sham, that I’d hooked you just to get to your bottomless vault of moolah, what would you do about it?”
He gave her that wicked smile, that bolt of blue from the eyes. “Why now, darling Eve, I’d kick your sorry ass, then invest a great deal of that moolah in making the rest of your life bloody hell.”
More weight lifted, and she grinned at him. “Yeah, that’s what I thought. I’m a very lucky woman.”
She tossed her weapon on the chair, dropped her badge beside it. Then she reached for his hand, linked fingers, and for a little while, put the job away.
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Robb, J. D., date.
Born in death / J. D. Robb.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-1012-0588-4
1. Dallas, Eve (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Police—New York (State)—New York—Fiction. 3. Missing persons—Fiction. 4. New York (N.Y.)—Fiction. 5. Pregnant women—Fiction. 6. Policewomen—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3568 O243B668 2006 2005053485
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I am Alpha and Omega,
the beginning and the end,
the first and the last.
—REVELATION
Love begets love.
—ROBERT HERRICK
BORN IN DEATH
Contents
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter