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  The doorbell chimed. Casey glanced at her watch. An impatient plumber, too. "Thank the stars it's only six o'clock, and I can change before Gabe gets here." The doorbell chimed again. "Hold onto your underwear! I'm coming." Jerking open the door, Casey momentarily forgot her disheveled appearance as she stared into the deepest charcoal gray eyes she'd ever seen.

  The man took a step backward, a shocked expression shaping his wide mouth into a gaping hole.

  Drawing on his finely honed investigative skills, Gabe stifled his horrified first impression by schooling his face into a mask of granite. This was Casey McIntyre? A pint-sized woman with purple and orange hair, blue lips and the ugliest excuse for a bathrobe he'd ever seen. And what was that green gunk on her face?

  She looked like a cross between a punk rock singer and a bag lady. This was his date? Lord help him. Southern gentleman or not, forget it, Grandma Maude! Assignment or not, to hell with you, Hank. There were a few things a man just shouldn't have to do.

  Multi-published, award-winning author Rita Herron fell in love with books at the ripe age of eight when she read her first Trixie Belden mystery. She has sold over sixty novels, worked for several major publishers, and loves writing romantic comedies as well as spinning dark romantic suspense tales filled with murder and mayhem.

  For more on Rita and her titles, visit her at www.ritaherron.com. You can also follow her on www.facebook.com/rita.herron and twitter @ritaherron.

  Table of Contents

  Cover

  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

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Excerpt from SINGLE AND SEARCHING by Rita Herron

  Meet the Author

  Table of Contents

  Cover

  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

  Chapter 16

  Chapter 17

  Chapter 18

  Chapter 19

  Chapter 20

  Chapter 21

  Chapter 22

  Chapter 23

  Chapter 24

  Chapter 25

  Chapter 26

  Chapter 27

  Chapter 28

  Chapter 29

  Excerpt from SINGLE AND SEARCHING by Rita Herron

  Meet the Author