The Midnight Hour - Brenda Jackson [120]
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COMING IN 2005!!
10-Year Anniversary Celebration
of the Madaris Family in a
Madaris Family Reunion
Getaway Cruise to the Bahamas.
Come join me.
Visit my Web site for details!
Take care,
Essence bestselling author, who has given readers hours of enjoyment with her romance stories, presents her next full-length Madaris novel, the long-awaited story of Christy and Alex.
Read on for a special excerpt from this breathtaking novel, coming in 2005, from St. Martin's Paperbacks.
Christina Marie Madaris stood at the window that faced her mother's flower garden, remembering an Albert Einstein quote: "In the middle of difficulty lives opportunity."
She sighed deeply, acknowledging that this had been a very difficult year for her, but now she was faced with an opportunity, one she had decided to take advantage of.
The phone call she had gotten earlier had been a blessing. It would give her the chance to pick up her life and move on-something she could not do if she remained in Houston.
She had already told her parents of her decision and now the only thing left was to tell the rest of the family. She decided to tell her brothers first, more than certain that they wouldn't like her news. They would try to talk her out of leaving, saying that she already had a great job as a reporter for the Houston Chronicle, and that she didn't need to take the job offer in Cincinnati, Ohio.
What she couldn't tell them and what they didn't know was that the job opportunity was only part of the reason she was leaving. She needed space and a chance to do something she hadn't been able to do over the past two years.
Repair her heart.
"Christy? Mom and Dad said you wanted to see us." She slowly turned around and met the three pairs of curious eyes belonging to her brothers. She shifted her gaze from one to the other, then said softly, "Yes, I have some news that I want to share with the three of you."
Seven hours later
Alexander Maxwell bolted upright in bed when he heard the telephone ring, suddenly remembering he was back in Houston and not in Miami where he had been for the past week. His company, Maxwell Investigative Services, was expanding, resulting in more cases to solve which oftentimes took him out of town.
When the telephone rang again, he wiped the sleep from his face before reaching over to pick it up. "Yeah?"
"Alex, sorry if I woke you, man. This is Clayton."
Alex wiped another hand down his face and glanced across the room at the illuminated clock. It was past midnight. The last time Clayton had called him in the middle of the night had been nearly five years ago when he'd wanted him to find someone. "Clayton, what's going on?"
He heard Clayton's frustrated sigh before he said, "I need you to do me a favor, and I want you to keep it between us."
Alex lifted a brow. "What is it?"
"Do you still fly into Cincinnati occasionally to check on your business interest there?"
Alex knew Clayton