The Bounty Hunter and the Heiress

Eva lifted her chin rebelliously.

Raven barked a laugh. “Not as convenient as you might think if we continue to ride the stage. We’d have to sleep together to keep up appearances, sweetheart.”

Damn, she hadn’t thought that far ahead. Eva drew herself up to full stature. She couldn’t resist a challenge.

“I can endure sleeping together if you can, sweetheart,” she countered defiantly. “Turn around, please.”

“What for?”

“So I can retrieve the money I stuffed down my dress.”

Raven grinned scampishly and shook his head. “Being married and all, there’s no reason for me not to watch….”

The Bounty Hunter and the Heiress

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This book is dedicated to my husband Ed and our children,

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Chapter Four

Chapter Five

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Chapter Seven

Chapter Eight

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Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Seventeen

Chapter Eighteen

Denver, Colorado

1880s

Dressed in her breeches and shirt, Evangeline Hallowell paced back and forth across the Aubusson rug in the spacious study of her home. At irregular intervals, she paused to glance anxiously toward the hallway, then at the window. Muttering a curse, she wheeled around to wear another rut in the imported carpet.

Her younger sister, Lydia, had left earlier that afternoon and she hadn’t said where she was going or when she’d be back. Now it was dark and Evangeline was worried. She had the uneasy feeling that something was amiss.