Deadly Beginnings (19 page)

Blood.

No. Oh, no. “Maddy.”

Sirens wailed across the lake.

Think. Think. CPR. CPR. Oh, God.

Carefully, she leaned over to see if Maddy was breathing. Her chest didn’t move. No air came from her open mouth. Jesslyn’s hand shook as she tried to find a pulse.

There was no beat, no breath, no life.

Please. No. Not again. God, not again. She couldn’t lose someone else.

“Maddy. Maddy!” She pulled her friend’s head onto her lap and rocked.

The coppery scent of blood filled her nose, laced with the sweet smell of lilies.

Funeral flowers. Murder.

It was the perfume of death.

The Kinncaid Brothers Series

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Kinncaid Brothers Series!

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Deadly Obsession

Deadly Games

Deadly Secrets

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Hunted
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Deadly Shadows

Deadly Ties

Deadly Obsession

Deadly Games

Deadly Secrets

Deadly Beginnings

Hunted

Phoenix Rising II
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Ghost Cats 2
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About the Author

Jaycee never really grew up—she still enjoys playing with imaginary people on a daily basis. Sometimes those people are nice, sometimes they're not, but in the end the girl gets the guy, so all is well. Jaycee earned her degree in Elementary Education from Eastern New Mexico University. She lives in Texas with her family, who puts up with her when her characters demand more of her time and appreciates her weirdness—or so they claim. There are also the cats and the corgis, who, in truth, rule the family. When she’s not chained to her keyboard, she’s doubling as a parent, a teacher, a maid, a chef, a chauffeur, a therapist, and promoting her education in human development while finishing her masters in plant elimination.

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