A federal agent in the crosshairs
Can The Security Specialists protect him?
Secret Service agent Evan Novak becomes the target of multiple hit men when someone puts a two-million-dollar bounty on his head. Is it the gunrunner he’s tracking...or a traitorous agent? Framed and wanted, Evan reluctantly accepts protection from bodyguard Jody Gallagher, his former love who lost her Agency career because of him. But then the bounty is raised to include Jody...
JESSICA R. PATCH lives in the mid-South, where she pens inspirational contemporary romance and romantic suspense novels. When she’s not hunched over her laptop or going on adventurous trips with willing friends in the name of research, you can find her watching way too much Netflix with her family and collecting recipes to amazing dishes she’ll probably never cook. To learn more about Jessica, please visit her at jessicarpatch.com.
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Secret Service Setup
Jessica R. Patch
ISBN: 978-1-474-08263-1
SECRET SERVICE SETUP
© 2018 Jessica R. Patch
Published in Great Britain 2018
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Gloved hands wrapped around her throat.
The hulk who had attacked Evan earlier had returned to finish the job and got her instead. He shoved her under the swirling water of the hot tub, growling that she’d cost him a lot of money and would regret it.
Fear exploded through her veins. This couldn’t be the end. Not like this.
Kicking wildly, she fought him off and clawed her way out onto the deck. But he followed, this time wielding a knife.
“Jody!” She thought she dreamed the sound of Evan’s voice. He raced across the deck, gun in hand. “Freeze,” he yelled.
The hulk in black sprinted across the backyard. Evan didn’t shoot or give chase. Instead, he ran to Jody and pulled her against his chest. “Are you hurt? Can—”
She broke away and looked into his eyes. “Evan, listen to me. You’re in big trouble.”
“Me? But you—”
She steadied herself as she uttered what she’d been fearing all along. “Someone put a hit out on you.”
Sometimes we get angry at God when we don’t see Him working in our lives—when it feels He’s absolutely silent and ignoring us. Jody didn’t see justice for a grievous wrong done to her friend or herself, but instead of trusting God to someday make it right, she let a man who wasn’t a believer fill her empty and hurting heart. She rebelled against God and made a lot of poor choices. Maybe like Jody, you’ve made some poor choices due to anger and hurt. Right now you might be far away from God without any clue how to get back into a relationship with Him. Like Jody, all it takes is opening up some dialogue with Him.
Pray.
Ask God to heal and forgive you. He will. You can find peace. Move forward and pursue God’s will for your life. He hasn’t changed His mind about you. His arms are always open.
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Warmly,
Jessica
We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed.
—2 Corinthians 4:8–9
For my brother Jared. Remember that time we tied a rope to the tail of our sister’s stuffed cat and the railing on the second floor, then swung across the stairs? We fell. That inspired a scene in this book. Love you, little bro.
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