I couldn't be more thrilled that my novelette, The Manhunt, won the Silver Typewriter award at Quills this year!
Though Sam Grayson believes he is better off alone, Felicia Wesley may be the only one who can help him capture the criminal he’s pursued for nearly a year. When Miss Wesley joins the hunt, more than their lives are at stake. Sam may lose what he thought he would never give—his heart.
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“Why aren’t you married?” Sam blurted, then recoiled at his own words. His knee throbbed harder now, likely contributing to his lack of restraint.
“I didn’t have the opportunity.”
His jaw dropped. She’d never had an offer? She bit her lip, but a smile broke through regardless, making her all the more attractive. Her looks certainly weren’t the reason for her lack of marriage offers, but perhaps her stubbornness repelled men. He was willing to bet she was demanding at home. No amount of good looks could atone for constant nagging.
Her smile faltered. Could she guess what he’d been thinking? He relaxed his face and wished he could apologize for his thoughts, even if she hadn’t heard them. “I’m just surprised no one has asked for your hand.” His eyes wandered to her finger again, bare of a ring. The man who offered her one would be lucky, indeed.
Why couldn’t it be him?
Sam shook himself. What a foolish notion when he had only just met her. But he could no longer deny he’d been lying to himself when he said he didn’t want a wife. Still, now wasn’t the time to consider it.
“I never said I didn’t have offers. I simply never met the right man—before, that is.” Her voice softened, and she looked down, a blush coloring her cheeks. “The man God intends. The one I prayed He would guide me toward.” She wrung her hands and returned her gaze to him, the hopeful gleam in her eye suggesting she viewed him as that man.
Surely she didn’t think he was the man God led her to. Yet, she had claimed God called her in this direction. Perhaps she hoped for a wedding ring in return for helping him. Perhaps Miss Wesley was on a manhunt of her own.
But he would not be her prey.
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