Deadly Intent (Linked Inc. Book 1) (14 page)

Low blow. Cara’s mouth parted as she narrowed her eyes. It was one thing for Quinn to be crazy, another for someone to blame Cara. Her sister, Quinn, was the poster child of crazy town.

The brownie Cara had been enjoying suddenly tasted like sawdust as she swallowed around the lump lodged in her throat. Damn her. Harper quickly shut the door as the remainder of Cara’s brownie sailed through the air. It splattered against the door.

“See what you made me do?” A perfectly good brownie, ruined.

Harper peeked inside. “Don’t forget you drew the short straw and have to help Aunt Betty at the bar tonight.”

If Cara had another brownie, that one would be splattered along with the first. If Quinn was the poster child of crazy town, Aunt Betty was the founder.

Harper’s laughter carried past the office window, where she wiggled her fingers goodbye. 

It wasn’t as though Cara was being irrational. It made perfect sense. Eric was a low-life, bottom-dwelling, scum sucker. It stood to reason the other Cruz would be too. DNA, damn it. Why couldn’t everyone else see the connection? Maybe if he hadn’t said, “
We
need your help,” she would have listened. She shook her head, probably not even then. Cara stomped over to the splattered brownie and started cleaning up the pieces, much like she’d done with her life after Eric.

Cara tossed the brownie into the trashcan, moved over to her window, and glanced out at the calming view. The crystal blue water of the ocean gleamed in the distance, lowering her blood pressure. The only thing better would be to hear the crashing waves. She made a mental note to take her recorder next time she went to the beach.

She’d expected to see tourists walking by on the street below, with shining bright sunburns, while wearing big straw hats and bikinis. Instead, she found Harper standing outside the building doors deep in conversation with the
other
Cruz.

The anger that had been simmering in her gut started to boil. The Thornton clan was about to be minus one sister at Sunday dinner. Mom could always conceive another.

Harper tapped Coop’s arm, pointed to Cara’s window, and waved. Damn her. Damn him. 

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Suggested Reading Order

BENNETT SISTERS BOX SET
(Books 1-4 in one bundle, 1218 pages)

INTUITION
(Book 1)

TOUCH OF FATE
(Book 2)

MIND PLAY
(Book 3)

THE RECKONING
(Book 4)

REDEMPTION
(Book 5)

CHANCE ENCOUNTERS
(Book 6)

DESTINED HEARTS
(Book 7)

PHANTOM PROTECTORS BOX SET
(Books 1-4 in one bundle, 964 pages)

RECKLESS ABANDON
(Book 1)

BETRAYAL
(Book 2)

UNTAMED
(Book 3)

GUIDED LOYALTY
(Book 4)

CARRINGTON-HILL INVESTIGATIONS

DECEPTION
(Book 1)

DEADLY DESIRE
(Book 2)

SHIFTER PARADISE BOX SET

NOT MY SHIFTER/ SINFULLY CURSED

KARMA

SOPHIE MASTERSON SERIES/ DIXON SECURITY

LIFTING THE VEIL
(Book 1)

BEYOND THE VEIL
(Book 2)

VEILED INTENTIONS
(Book 3)

VEILED THREATS
(Book 4)

THE LOVE FAMILY SERIES

SKYLAR
(BOOK1)

DECLAN
(BOOK 2)

FLYNN
(BOOK 3)

REED
(BOOK 4)

LANDON
(BOOK 5)

ALEXIS
(BOOK 6)

GABE
(BOOK 7)

JACKSON
(BOOK 8)

LINKED INC.

DEADLY INTENT
(BOOK 1)

PSYCHIC LINK
(BOOK 2)

(BOOK 3 COMING SOON)

HELL BOUND

MYSTIC TIDES BOX SET