Nine Lives
It was December in Dallas, Texas.
Cat Dupree hated winter and all that came with it. The weather made for miserable stakeouts, although stakeouts were a part of a bounty hunter's life. The time of year only added to the chip she carried on her shoulder and reminded her of all she'd lost.
When she was six, she and her mother had been shopping for groceries when they'd been hit by a drunk driver. It had killed her mother instantly and put Cat in the hospital for days. When she was finally dismissed, her mother's funeral was over, and she and her father were on their own.
Over the years, she learned to adjust, and she and her father grew closer. Then, just before her thirteenth birthday, and only days before she and her father were planning to leave on vacation, a man with a tattooed face broke into their house, stabbed her father and cut her throat, leaving her unable to scream as she watched him die.
After that, the Texas Social Services system finished the raising of Catherine Dupree, during which time she'd acquired the nickname Cat.
Being a bounty hunter had been a job she'd thought about during those long years. What better way to find ... read full excerpt from Nine Lives ebook
