Desert Angel (ANGEL #1) by Sharon Griffith EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Authors: Sharon Griffith
- Language: English
- Genre: contemporary romance
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Nikki sighed as she turned out the kitchen light and headed toward her
bedroom. The last of the goat’s milk soap was finished, in time for
seasoning and then delivery to the trading post in town. Maybe this
year would be profitable, unlike the previous five years.
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She’d just opened her bedroom door when a crack followed by the
distinct sound of breaking glass brought her around. She instinctively
pressed her back against the wall of the hall between her living room and
bedroom, then inched her way toward the source of the sounds. Just at the
edge of the doorway, she glimpsed shards of glass on the floor, reflecting
the desert moon outside the now shattered double window. Another crack of
sound sent her into a crouch as she watched another pane in the window
burst into pieces and shower the floor and sofa with slivers of glass.
She didn’t dare try to get to the phone on the sofa table and her cell
phone was next to useless in this terrain, so Nikki scooted toward her
bedroom and the old cordless on her nightstand. Taking a breath to calm her
shuddering heart, she plucked the portable receiver off the table and started
dialing. Within a few seconds, she had the state police on the way.
She
remained crouched by the bed, unsure what to do next. Her heart pounded
against her chest and she started to feel faint from her rapid breathing. As
she closed her eyes to focus on taking a few deep breaths, Nikki also said a
prayer. “Father, thank you for keeping me safe. Help me to be calm and
know what to do next.” And tell me who would be shooting at me, she
added after her amen, again, breathing in what she hoped was a calming
draft of air.
Within a few minutes, she heard the sound of a vehicle crunching over
the dirt road near her house and she ventured out into the hallway, her
nerves still on edge.
Instead of the police officers she’d expected, Wayne French stood on
her covered portico, his hat in his hand. Why would it be him to show up?
With a frustrated sigh at the nature of the desert gossip machine, she
unlocked and opened the door.
“Hi Wayne, come on in.” She led the way into the main room, its brown
tiled floor now littered with glass from the window.
“What happened?” He asked, glancing around. He’d laid his hat on the
entryway table and now stood with his fists on his lean hips, his feet spread
apart, as if he were surveying his vast property. Nikki quelled the rise of
resentment as she thought of the land that had once been her ancestors’,
now safely in his large hands.
Wayne wasn’t to blame for the selloff of the
majority of the Hill ranch, hard times in the past were. She silently sent up a
prayer for forgiveness for her thoughts and shrugged. “Not sure. Maybe
some guys passing through on their way up from the border. Maybe
someone drunk and lost in the desert.”
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