06622cam a2200397 4500 189717521 TxAuBib 20140930120000.0 ||||||s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781460300282 1460300289 616a7981-a2ce-4639-a2bf-eeffed38ebab OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1175047 OverDrive (Product ID) 1175047 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Martin, Kat. Against the Odds [Libby]. Harlequin, 2013. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 364kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Romance. Suspense. "It doesn't matter what Martin's characters are up against-she dishes up romantic suspense, sizzling sex and international intrigue in healthy doses, and fans are going to be the winners. Readers better set aside a block of time to finish this unputdownable tale of adventure and romance.". RT Book Reviews Top Pick AGAINST THE SUN. "Kat Martin has done a fine job again...The characters are edgier in one sense, which gives them an air of unpredictability that adds to the suspense of the story...Very nicely done, Kat Martin!". The Best Reviews on AGAINST THE NIGHT. "I've never read a book by Kat Martin that wasn't immediately headed for my keeper shelf. Historical or contemporary, she's a must-read for me. With Against the Storm she proves once again why I keep coming back for more.". Joyfully Reviewed. "Once you start Against the Law, be prepared not to stop until you've reached the end. With its nonstop action, nail-biting episodes mixed with some sizzling love scenes, this is one I highly recommend.". Romance Reviews Today. "Right from the opening scene of Against the Fire, readers will be pulled into the heart-stopping action...[and] hold their breath as each fire brings even more danger for Mattie and Gabe....A fascinating page-turner, one you won't want to miss.". Romance Reviews Today. "This is definitely a page-turner full of compassion and love shared by two unlikely souls. This is a 'don't miss' read....Kat Martin is a very gifted writer who takes you from the beginning to the end in total suspense.". Fresh Fiction on AGAINST THE WIND. HTML: "Mr. Justice! Mr. Justice, can you give us a moment of your time?" Sabrina Eckhart stared at the news broadcast on KTRK-TV. She had watched the segment run on an earlier edition, but found herself watching it again. The reporter, a small man with dark hair and a determined expression, hurried to keep up with Alex Justice's long strides as he walked out of the downtown Houston Police Department building. "Mr. Justice!" At the sight of several TV cameras, Alex's steps reluctantly slowed. "Everyone in the city is grateful for what you did," the reporter said. "People are calling you a hero. What do you think about that?" The man thrust a microphone into Alex's handsome face. Six two, dark blond hair and blue eyes, always dressed as if he'd just stepped out of a GQ magazine, Alex Justice was an amazing-looking man. "I'm a private investigator," Alex said. "I did what I was paid to do--find evidence that would identify the killer of a ten-year-old girl. I was lucky enough to make that happen. There's nothing heroic about it." "It's been said you'll do anything to catch your man. Is that true?" Alex just kept walking. There wasn't a glimpse of the deep dimples bracketing his mouth that Rina remembered so well. She hadn't seen him in more than six months, not since the day her best friend, Sage Du-mont, married Jake Cantrell, one of Alex's best friends. Rina watched him stride away until he disappeared offscreen, then the camera cut to the reporter, who relayed the story of the little girl who had been abducted, sexually abused and murdered three years ago. Ten-year-old Carrie Wiseman's killer had never been found--not until Alex Justice had come up with DNA evidence that directly linked the girl to a neighbor who lived down the street from her home. Two days ago, the neighbor, Edward Bagley, was arrested, which took at least one killer off the streets. As the newscast came to an end, Rina hit the button on the remote, turning off the TV. She crossed her living room to the delicate antique French writing desk in the corner. Her apartment was a mixture of comfortable contemporary furniture and French antiques: rosewood armoires, gilt mirrors and marble-topped tables, many pieces from the sixteenth century. The apartment was softly feminine but not crowded, and it suited her personality perfectly. Reaching down, she picked up the pile of bills from the desk, began to sift through the stack. In the six months since she had last seen the handsome private investigator with the amazing dimples, a lot had changed. She had broken up with her live-in boyfriend, Ryan Gosford, and moved back into her own apartment. She had liked Ryan; she just hadn't loved him, and things were beginning to get sticky. During those months, her finances had dropped sharply. The stock market had taken another dive and this time wiped out the last of the money she had invested in her retirement account. Her job as a stockbroker at Smith Barney Morgan Stanley had become more and more difficult as her clients pulled their money out of the market and put it into gold and silver, real estate bargains and anything else they considered a safer bet than wildly fluctuating stocks. Alex's image popped back into her head as she sorted through the bills--utilities that would start to soar as summer approached and the heat rose into the hundreds in Houston, the tax payment on her mother's small house in Uvalde that Rina had taken over paying several years back; miscellaneous bills just to pay the costs of living in Houston. In a week, the rent would be due on... Media Type: eBook. 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