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  When Conner sat back down, she smiled as a name came to her.

  “Shadow,” she said clearly, causing Conner’s eyebrows to shoot up.

  “Hm?” he asked as he helped the small dog up on to the sofa.

  “His name is Shadow. Because he follows you around everywhere.” She chuckled when the puppy climbed onto her lap and quickly fell asleep.

  Conner smiled. “I like it much better than Ralph,” he admitted, leaning over and kissing her. “Now that we have the first new member of our family…” He kissed her again, but just then his cell phone rang. He let out a large sigh before answering it.

  She half listened to his side of the conversation and focused even more when his eyes met hers and he frowned over at her. He hung up after only saying a few words.

  “Who was that?” she asked.

  “Aiden.” He tucked his phone back into his jeans. “They’ve found Kurt Collins.”

  “That’s good news.” She felt much better knowing the man who had shot her was off the streets. “Where did they find him?” she asked.

  “Just on the other side of the California state line.” He stood up to look out the window.

  “Good. He’ll go to jail then?” she asked.

  Conner shook his head and looked back at her. “No, he’s dead. It appears that drove his blue truck off a cliff along Highway One. We won’t be able to get answers from him now. We may never know if Thomas Carson hired him to shoot you or not.”

  She watched the frustration on his face grow to anger.

  “Conner.” She waved him towards her. When he sat back down beside her, she took his hand in her good one. “It no longer matters. I’m here, safe and sound. The police have extra patrols around town and the next time Thomas Carson steps foot in Pride, he’ll have an escort right back out of town.”

  Conner sighed and nodded. “Yeah, you’re right. I had just hoped that we could actually tie this to the man so we could lock him up.”

  “Let’s not spend my first night home thinking about him.” She shifted the small dog in her lap.

  “Right,” Conner reached over and stroked his finger down the small dog’s nose. “You’re home. Safe and sound. That’s all that matters.”

  “And you love me,” she added, earning a large smile from him.

  “Right, and I love you,” he said before kissing her.

  Also by Jill Sanders

  The Pride Series

  Finding Pride

  Discovering Pride

  Returning Pride

  Lasting Pride

  Serving Pride

  Red Hot Christmas

  My Sweet Valentine

  Return To Me

  Rescue Me

  A Pride Christmas

  The Secret Series

  Secret Seduction

  Secret Pleasure

  Secret Guardian

  Secret Passions

  Secret Identity

  Secret Sauce

  The West Series

  Loving Lauren

  Taming Alex

  Holding Haley

  Missy’s Moment

  Breaking Travis

  Roping Ryan

  Wild Bride

  Corey’s Catch

  Tessa’s Turn

  Saving Trace

  The Grayton Series

  Last Resort

  Someday Beach

  Rip Current

  In Too Deep

  Swept Away

  High Tide

  Lucky Series

  Unlucky In Love

  Sweet Resolve

  Best of Luck

  A Little Luck

  Christmas Wish

  Silver Cove Series

  Silver Lining

  French Kiss

  Happy Accident

  Hidden Charm

  A Silver Cove Christmas

  Sweet Surrender

  Entangled Series – Paranormal Romance

  The Awakening

  The Beckoning

  The Ascension

  The Presence

  The Calling

  Haven, Montana Series

  Closer to You

  Never Let Go

  Holding On

  Coming Home

  Pride Oregon Series

  A Dash of Love

  My Kind of Love

  Season of Love

  Tis the Season

  Dare to Love

  Where I Belong

  Because of Love

  A Thing Called Love

  First Comes Love

  Someone to Love

  Wildflowers Series

  Summer Nights

  Summer Heat

  Summer Secrets

  Summer Fling

  Summer’s End

  Summer’s Wish

  Distracted Series

  Wake Me

  Tame Me

  Stand Alone Books

  Twisted Rock

  Hope Harbor

  Raven Falls

  For a complete list of books:

  http://JillSanders.com

  About the Author

  Jill Sanders is a New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of Sweet Contemporary Romance, Romantic Suspense, Western Romance, and Paranormal Romance novels. With over 70 books in eleven series, translations into several different languages, and audiobooks there’s plenty to choose from. Look for Jill’s bestselling stories wherever romance books are sold or visit her at jillsanders.com

  Jill comes from a large family with six siblings, including an identical twin. She was raised in the Pacific Northwest and later relocated to Colorado for college and a successful IT career before discovering her talent for writing sweet and sexy page-turners. After Colorado, she decided to move south, living in Texas and now making her home along the Emerald Coast of Florida. You will find that the settings of several of her series are inspired by her time spent living in these areas. She has two sons and off-set the testosterone in her house by adopting three furry little ladies that provide her company while she’s locked in her writing cave. She enjoys heading to the beach, hiking, swimming, wine-tasting, and pickleball with her husband, and of course writing. If you have read any of her books, you may also notice that there is a love of food, especially sweets! She has been blamed for a few added pounds by her assistant, editor, and fans… donuts or pie anyone?