Barbara Svetlick
ASIN: B00FWWS152
Publisher: Amazon.com Services LLC
Pages: 214
Mirisa suddenly sat straight up as panic pushed against her chest. A dark silhouette of a man was sitting in the wing chair next to the fire smoking a cigar watching her. Her heart was pounding so fast that she couldn’t breathe and she didn’t know if it was a dream or maybe Conrad. She closed her eyes and reached out for him. Conrad touched her lightly and she looked at him then looked at the fireplace and the man was still there. Conrad put his hand on her arm to calm her. The voice brought her attention back to him.“I was surprised you turned down my offer.”“How did you get in my house?”“I have the key. I know the man who was in charge of construction while it was being renovated.” New York City was a city of rich and powerful men who ate bad business deals for breakfast and thought nothing of dropping their foes into the harbor. The City never slept, never cared whether they left the ...