FALSELY ACCUSED
After six months undercover with the meth dealers plaguing her town, deputy Joanna Graham’s cover is blown—and someone’s framing her for corruption and drug trafficking. She turns to her boss, Sheriff Tyler Beck, for help, but in coming to her aid he’s knocked unconscious...and loses his memory of the past seven years. Now Joanna must convince Tyler to trust her as they go on the run to figure out who set her up and who’s at the top of the meth gang. But as their lives are in danger, so is Joanna’s heart. This new Tyler has no recollection of their brief relationship. Could this be a second chance for them? Or will the fragile connection they’ve made be shattered when Tyler’s memory returns?
“Who gave you authorization to be here?”
She didn’t slow down. “You did, sir.”
“Me? That’s highly unlikely.” He again willed his memory to return. He hated this feeling of weakness, not knowing the mission brief or objectives. This woman could be leading him into a trap. He stopped on the stairs and barked an order at her. “What is the name of your superior officer?”
She turned. “His name is Sheriff Tyler Beck of Godspeed, Missouri.”
He held on to the peeling handrail for support as her words hit him in the gut. He was Tyler Beck, and his hometown was Godspeed, Missouri. But he wasn’t a sheriff. He was an officer in the navy SEALs. She was trying to dupe him, capitalizing on his loss of memory to lead him straight into enemy hands.
“Nice try, young lady,” he said. “But there’s no way I’m a small-town sheriff.”
She stood three steps down from him, her eyes running up and down the entire length of his body. “So why are you wearing his uniform?”
ELISABETH REES was raised in the Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye, where her father was the parish vicar. She attended Cardiff University and gained a degree in politics. After meeting her husband, they moved to the wild, rolling hills of Carmarthenshire, and Elisabeth took up writing. She is now a full-time wife, mother and author. Find out more about Elisabeth at elisabethrees.com.
Unraveling the Past
Elisabeth Rees
MILLS & BOON
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—2 Corinthians 12:9
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Contents
Tyler woke on the floor: cold, hard, damp concrete, strewed with the kind of trash left by vagrants and junkies. Turning his head, he saw empty bottles and cigarette packs lying among half-eaten, moldy snacks and syringes. The smell in the air was almost as unbearable as the excruciating pounding of his head. A bare bulb hung overhead but was not lit, and water had collected inside the glass casing, murky and brown, in which tiny insects had crawled and drowned.
The sound of distant gunfire echoed through the building, and he willed his limbs to move, trying to overcome the pain surging through his body. Danger was close by.
He sat up, speaking his jumbled thoughts out loud. “Where am I?” He put a hand on his pulsating head. “What happened?”
He automatically reached for his weapon, holstered around his waist. He had no memory of the event