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
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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?