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She'll do anything to expose her sister's killer—even reunite with an ex…
After six years hunting The Bride Butcher, FBI agent Jared Bell is as determined as ever to find the ruthless murderer. So when the killer strikes again, he'll stop at nothing to bring closure to the case—and the first victim's sister, Rebecca Drummond. Including staging an engagement to lure the madman into a trap…
It's been years since their torrid rendezvous, but as Jared's fake fiancée, Becca can no longer ignore their attraction. Or the secret she's been keeping from him. For now, she needs to focus on bringing her sister's killer to justice—and insist on using herself as bait to do it.
The Agent's Redemption (Special Agents at the Altar), by Lisa Childs- Amazon Sales Rank: #267981 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-10-01
- Released on: 2015-10-01
- Format: Kindle eBook
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Ever since Lisa Childs read her first romance novel (a Harlequin of course) at age eleven, all she ever wanted to be was a romance writer. Now an award winning, best-selling author of nearly fifty novels for Harlequin, Lisa is living the dream. Lisa loves to hear from readers who can contact her on Facebook, through her website www.lisachilds.com or snail mail address PO Box 139, Marne, MI 49435.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Bulbs flashed, and Jared Bell flinched with each bright light as he ran the gauntlet of reporters with their microphones and cameras. "Special Agent Bell!" they called out to him as he walked past where they had lined up along the residential street. "Special Agent Bell!"He ignored them or at least he tried to ignore them as he ducked under the crime scene tape across the end of a driveway."Have you found her body yet?" a reporter hurled the question at him. Even though Jared wasn't looking at the guy, he recognized the artificially deep voice of Kyle Smith, and he wasn't surprised Smith had showed up. This narcissist didn't just report the news; he tried to make himself part of the story—at least of this story, this case. He was as relentless as he was insensitive.Jared flinched at the question, hating how it would hurt whatever member of the missing girl's family might have heard the question or would hear it on a later news broadcast.They were anxiously awaiting news—any news—of their missing loved one. They didn't need to hear it like this—on the news. They needed to hear it from him di-rectly—as soon as he learned something."Have you ever found Lexi Drummond's body?" another reporter yelled out the question. "It's been five years."Six. Lexi had been the serial killer's first victim. And no, her body had never been found. Her family still waited for closure. But he had nothing to offer them. No body. No suspect. No clues…If his head hadn't already been pounding from the concussion he'd sustained a few days ago, it would have started hurting then. Pain throbbed inside his skull where he could feel his heart beating—fast and frantically. As an FBI profiler, he had caught a lot of killers over the years—but not this one. Lexi Drummond's killer had eluded him and killed again and again and again.Now the killer had taken another girl. Another victim…Jared would find her, though. She would not become another Lexi Drummond. Not in any way. He had gotten way too involved in Lexi's case and way too involved with Lexi's family. He'd failed them and himself.For the first time in his career, his professionalism had slipped. But that had happened only that one time; he wouldn't let it happen again.Jared ignored the reporters and flashed his shield to the officer posted outside the duplex. Then he slipped through the open front door. The girl hadn't been abducted from her home, but the police were searching it for any clues to who might have taken her.Jared had to study all the aspects of the case in order to construct a profile of the killer. He studied the crime scenes, the evidence—if any—left behind, the manner in which the victim was killed, and he profiled the victim, too. He didn't believe this killer randomly chose his victims. So getting to know them better would help lead Jared back to their killer.But hopefully Amy Wilcox was only missing. Hopefully she wasn't dead yet—like all the other victims. Even though Lexi Drummond's body hadn't been found, too much of her blood had been discovered at the crime scene for her to have survived whatever wounds she had suffered. Six years had passed, but he could still see all that blood. So much blood.He blinked away the memory of that horrific crime scene and focused on his current surroundings. Amy Wilcox's duplex was painted in fun colors—bright greens and yellows, like a highlighter that outlined the many picture frames hanging on the walls.To get to know her better, Jared studied those pictures. There were photos of her water-skiing and rock climbing and running races. As athletic as she was, she wouldn't have been easy to abduct—which explained the signs of a struggle at the primary crime scene: the ransacked and blood-spattered dressing room from which she'd been abducted.She had almost gotten away from her assailant there. Maybe she would get away from him again. Jared moved on to the next picture and froze, his whole body tensing.She wasn't alone in this picture. She had her arm around another girl who was laughing into the camera with her. Unlike Amy who had dark hair and eyes, this woman was blond with sparkling blue eyes and a dimple in her right cheek when she smiled.Lexi Drummond.Her hand shaking, Rebecca Drummond pushed hard on the off button of the remote. The TV screen flickered before going black but not before she saw his face again. Special Agent Jared Bell. With his reddish-brown hair and light brown eyes, he was still handsome—maybe even more handsome than he'd been six years ago because his features were more defined, more rugged. Dark circles rimmed his eyes and faint bruises darkened one side of his face.The reporter's words rang in her ears: "FBI profiler Jared Bell checked himself out of the hospital against doctor's orders in order to take over the investigation into the disappearance of Amy Wilcox, which confirms speculation that she is the latest victim of the Bride Butcher serial killer."Horror gripped Rebecca, paralyzing her. She wanted to run, but she couldn't move from the couch where she was sitting. She could only think of. Jared.He had been in the hospital.Why?How badly had he been hurt that he had checked himself out against doctor's orders?He was obviously still obsessed with the case. Obsessed with finding a killer that he already would have found had he listened to Rebecca.But he had refused to listen to Rebecca about anything. Seeing him again should have brought back anger or pain or resentment. Instead, other feelings—so many other feelings—rushed over her, overwhelming her.She grabbed a pillow from the couch and wrapped her arms around it, but she wanted to wrap them around herself—to hold herself together. The doorbell dinged, startling her into jumping and letting out a short cry of surprise.The door shook as a fist pounded on it now. And a deep and familiar voice called out, "Are you all right?"He'd heard her. She couldn't hide now, like she wanted to hide. She'd promised him that he would never see her again. She hadn't fixated on him because he was investigating her sister's disappearance. Her face heated as even now, all these years later, the embarrassment rushed back.She had been a fool to think herself in love with Jared Bell. And she would be an even bigger fool to open the door and let him back into her life.The door rattled harder. "I'm coming in!"He would break it down; she had no doubt that he would, just like he'd broken down the walls of her grief and pain and opened her heart to him.She had rebuilt those walls since she'd seen him last. She wouldn't let him back into her heart. But she had no choice about letting him into her life. She opened the door just as he was putting his shoulder to the wood, and he stumbled inside the living room.He spared her a quick glance before visually searching the room for any threats. Even battered from whatever had sent him to the hospital, he was still in full protective FBI mode. He turned back to her and asked, "Are you all right?"No. She hadn't been all right with seeing him on her television—even though she had seen him on the news occasionally over the past six years. She certainly wasn't all right with him being in her house.What if…She shuddered to think of it—of them meeting. But that wouldn't happen. She would get rid of Jared quickly. She would make certain he was long gone before Alex came home.She nodded and assured him, "I'm fine. The doorbell startled me because I wasn't expecting anyone." Not for an hour yet. "Especially not you."His handsome face moved with a slight wince at her jab. But she knew that she hadn't really hurt him. He would have had to care for her to be able to hurt him."Why are you here, Jared?" she asked, and then reminded him, "You were the one who thought it best we didn't see each other anymore.""I'm sorry," he said. "I didn't handle anything very well concerning your sister's case.""My sister's case…" That was all Rebecca had been to him—just part of a case. She was the one who had foolishly thought they were more."Why are you here?" she asked again. "You didn't come here to apologize.""I should have," he said, as ifjust realizing it himself.The man was a genius. A real one. He had graduated high school at thirteen, college with a doctorate in criminal psychology at nineteen and then had been recruited into the FBI. He had worked many cases—solving them all—before he'd come up against her sister's killer. And lost.Jared was a genius when it came to other people but he was completely oblivious when it came to himself.She shrugged. "That was a long time ago." She wanted him to think she had moved on, but it felt like yesterday that she had lost him—so soon after tragically losing Lexi."I'm sorry," he said again, and the sincerity was there in the gruffness of his deep voice.She didn't doubt that he was sorry, but she didn't care. She just wanted him gone."Why are you here?" she asked, impatience fraying her voice into sharpness. This was the tone that always—finally—got Alex's attention."Have you seen the news?" he asked. "Do you know about.?"She grimly nodded as concern tightly gripped her heart. "There's another girl missing. She was abducted from the last fitting for her bridal gown."It could only be one killer. Her sister's."I need your help," he said.But he hadn't come to her when those other women had been abducted. He hadn't needed her help then. Why was he asking for it now—when he hadn't listened to her six years ago?"I already told you who killed Lexi."He sighed—that long-suffering sigh that irritated her. Then he pulled a photo from a file he had clasped under his arm and held it out to her. "I need you to look at this."She grimaced and backed away from him. The last thing she wanted to see was another crime scene. She already had one that she could not get out of her mind."No.""Please, Becca—""Don't call me that," she snapped at him. To Lexi, she'd been Becca. And to him…when she'd thought he actually cared about her.But all Jared Bell cared about was his career—and how this one unsolved case could damage it."What should I call you?" he asked. "Ms. Drummond, or Mrs….?""Rebecca," she said, refusing to reveal her marital status. It wouldn't matter to him anyway since it had nothing to do with the case."Rebecca," he repeated. "Please look at the picture."She closed her eyes, and that old crime scene flashed through her mind: the wedding dress soaked with blood spilling out of the trunk of Lexi's car.Her body hadn't been in the trunk. But it didn't matter. The coroner had confirmed she couldn't have lost that much blood and lived.Lexi was forever gone."I need your help," he said again. "Please."She forced herself to open her eyes—to look. It wasn't a crime scene. But it might have been worse to see Lexi like she was in that old photo—alive with happiness—because it reminded Rebecca of how much she'd lost.Just like seeing Jared again reminded her of how much she'd lost.Panic pressed on her lungs, stealing her breath. "You need to leave," she said."Rebecca—"She planted her palm against his chest. Even through his suit and shirt, she could feel the warmth of his skin and the hardness of his muscles. But she pushed him toward the door. "I can't help you—because you won't listen to me.""Rebecca, I want to talk to you about Lexi—about how she knew this girl."She shook her head. She couldn't look at the picture again—of her and the missing girl. "Ask Amy Wilcox's family."His amber-colored eyes darkened with emotion. "I asked them." And from his grim expression, it hadn't gone well. "They had no idea that Amy had known Lexi."She shook her head. "I had no idea, either.""We need to compare their pasts," he said, "and find out where their paths might have crossed." Mercifully, he turned the photo over to the white back. But then he pointed to the date on it. "This was taken the month Lexi disappeared. That's too great a coincidence. We need to figure out their connection."She shook her head again."Bec—Rebecca, I need your help," he implored her.Heat arced between them as he stared at her. She avoided his intense gaze, averting hers. Then she noticed the clock on the wall behind his head, and her panic returned with even more intensity. She had no time to answer his questions. "You need to leave now!"Before Alex came home—because if Jared saw him he would have more questions.More questions she couldn't answer…Chapter TwoJared's heart pounded hard and fast beneath the warmth of her hand on his chest. He'd worried that she might slam the door in his face. After the mess he had made of everything, he wouldn't have blamed her if she had. But she'd let him in. Although after hearing her soft cry, he hadn't given her much choice. He would have kicked in the door to get to her—to make sure she was all right.She was beautiful—even more so than she had been six years ago. Her blond hair was longer and lighter and her skin tanned as if she spent more time in the sun now. Of course six years ago she had been so focused on school—her first year of med school—that she'd no time for the sun or relaxation or her friends and family.Until her sister had disappeared."You have to leave," she said as she shoved on his chest again.Already light-headed from the concussion, he stumbled back a step. To steady himself, he reached out and clasped her shoulders. Her blue eyes widened as she stared up at him. The urge to pull her closer overwhelmed him. It had been so long since he had held her that he ached to hold her again.But that wasn't why he had risked getting the door slammed in his face—or getting shoved out of her house."There's a girl missing," he reminded her. "Her family is going crazy with fear."They had gone even crazier when he'd asked them about Lexi Drummond. Amy's mother had gotten hysterical, hyperventilating so badly that they'd had to call for an ambulance. Her dad had been trying hard to hold his wife together even as he began to fall apart himself, shaking uncontrollably. Amy's fiance was the only one who'd managed to voice their fears aloud. "He has her then—that sick bastard who kills brides. She's probably already dead!" And then the man, a big burly former college linebacker, had dropped to his knees and dissolved into broken sobs.Jared released a ragged breath and repeated, "They're going crazy with fear." More so because of him, because he had taken away some of the hope they'd desperately been clinging to."Just like I went crazy," she murmured.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Loved it By S. Frank Excellent conclusion to the series. Jared is the FBI agent/profiler who has been hunting the Bride Butcher serial killer for six years. When another victim is found, and there appears to be a link to the first victim, Jared pays a visit to the first victim's sister. Becca has never stopped mourning her sister, nor insisting that she knows who did it. Jared is the last person she wants to see show up at her house. Six years ago, in the middle of the tragic event, she and Jared had had a passionate encounter, but their differences kept them apart. She's had no contact with him since then, including telling him that she was pregnant.The attraction between Becca and Jared is just as strong now as it was before, and neither one can deny it. Jared is stunned to discover he has a son, and angry that Becca kept it a secret from him. Some of those feelings have to take a back seat to the mission of finding the killer, but it isn't easy. I liked the way that Jared accepted the truth so quickly, and loved the way he bonded so quickly with Alex. The relationship between him and Becca was a little trickier. He still cared about her, and the feelings were getting stronger, but telling her how he felt would take more courage than he had. He wasn't sure he could handle hearing that she didn't feel the same way. Becca had also cared about Jared, but because he had left without saying anything, she hadn't either.Now that they are working together to bring the Butcher to justice, those feelings have come back to the surface. Becca feels pretty guilty that she hadn't told Jared about Alex, and making him part of their lives now makes her realize just how much they have missed. Jared needs Becca's help, but his feelings for her have added a whole new level of protectiveness to them. I loved seeing how both of them had to deal with their feelings and at the same time still keep focus on what they were trying to do. I really enjoyed seeing the way that Becca stood up to Jared when it came to trying to trap the killer. When the final confrontation was over, both of them had to face those feelings and decide whether to take the risk. I loved Jared's big moment there, and Becca's surprise.The suspense part of the story was fantastic. The tension kept climbing, from the discovery of the new victim right through to the final confrontation. I loved seeing Jared and Becca try to discover the link between the first victim and the last one. It was interesting to see how she stuck to her belief about who the guilty person was. When she started receiving threats, Jared was even more determined to discover who it is. I loved following the investigation, and how they came up with several suspects. Each one seemed to be a good possibility and it was hard to settle on any one of them. There was a very interesting twist at the end that I never saw coming. The final confrontation was intense, and I wondered at times just how everything was going to turn out.
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