Dear Reader,
When my editor suggested I give Alexa a prosthetic leg, I wondered how I could turn her into an action/adventure heroine worthy of a Bombshell book. How could a woman with that handicap possibly work undercover and kick butt? I scoured the Internet for information and still wondered how I could make this assignment work. Then I was fortunate to meet a woman who showed me that the only thing that could get in Alexa’s way was her own thoughts. Throwing Alexa out of her Ralph Lauren world and into Levi’s and leading her through an adventure that gave her a much-needed attitude adjustment turned out to be a lot of fun! I hope you enjoy reading Alexa’s story as much as I enjoyed writing it.
Sincerely,
Sylvie Kurtz
Ms. Longshot
Sylvie Kurtz
Special thanks and acknowledgment are given to Sylvie Kurtz for her contribution to the The It Girls series.
ISBN: 9781408946206
Ms. Longshot
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First Published in Great Britain in 2005
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Books by Sylvie Kurtz
Silhouette Bombshell
Personal Enemy #29
†Ms. Longshot #70
†The It Girls
Silhouette Special Edition
A Little Christmas Magic #1438
Harlequin Intrigue
One Texas Night #527
Blackmailed Bride #575
Alyssa Again #600
*Remembering Red Thunder #653
*Red Thunder Reckoning #657
Under Lock and Key #712
**Heart of a Hunter #767
**Mask of a Hunter #773
A Rose at Midnight #822
**Eye of a Hunter #866
*Flesh and Blood
**The Seekers
SYLVIE KURTZ
Flying an eight-hour solo cross-country in a Piper Arrow with only the airplane’s crackling radio and a large bag of M&M’s for company, Sylvie Kurtz realized a pilot’s life wasn’t for her. The stories zooming in and out of her mind proved more entertaining than the flight itself. Not a quitter, she finished her pilot’s course and earned her commercial license and instrument rating.
Since then, she has traded in her wings for a keyboard, where she lets her imagination soar to create fictional adventures that explore the power of love and the thrill of suspense. When not writing, she enjoys the outdoors with her husband and two children, quilt-making, photography and reading whatever catches her interest.
You can write to Sylvie at P.O. Box 702, Milford, NH 03055. And visit her Web site at www.sylviekurtz.com.
For Cassie—a Bombshell in training
A special thank-you:
To Amy Schiff for sharing her story with me.
Definitely a Bombshell heroine!
Samantha at Hair Force for helping
me with my dyeing dilemma
Ann Voss Peterson for sharing
horse trailer stories
Contents
About the Author
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
COMING NEXT MONTH
Prologue
New York City. December. Ten years ago.
The second-floor bathroom of the Constance Gramercy School for Girls was crowded as usual. I elbowed my way to the mirror and puckered up to see if the zit I’d felt growing on my chin in social science had popped up. Wouldn’t you know it, the timing sucked. I had a horse show in the morning.
Nathalie Huston, my best friend since we’d bitten each other the first day of kindergarten,