Take Me Tonight
Prologue
If tenacity had a face, Lucy Sharpe was looking at it.
A tornado of determination brewed in angry eyes. A defiant jaw set against anything that got in its way. Even her delicate nostrils flared as Sage Valentine leaned over Lucy's desk and declared, "You owe me, Lucy. Big."
A hundred responses echoed through Lucy's mind, a thousand ways to say hello for the first time in thirteen years, a million ways to reach out to her sister's daughter and close the chasm that time and blame had formed between them.
She remained as impassive as she would be with any other potential client being turned away. "I'm sorry. I can't help you."
"Can't or won't?" Sage crossed her arms and peered down at her aunt, tilting her head. "Big difference."
Tenacity and attitude. Sage didn't look like Lydia Sharpe, but she obviously had a few of her mother's traits. "This job isn't right for the Bullet Catchers," Lucy said. "My company is a security firm."
"I thought you did investigations."
"Only as it relates to the security of our clients and the principals we protect."
"Come on, Lucy." Sage tap ... read full excerpt from The Bullet Catchers #3: Take Me Tonight ebook
