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  “I’ve never stopped loving you,” she whispered.

  Piper leaned over him and hugged him. “I love you, too, Daddy.”

  It was all he could do to lift his aching arms, but he wrapped them around his daughter and his wife and hugged them tight.

  They called him the Punisher.

  He hadn’t asked to do the job. The torch had been passed to him, and he couldn’t deny the calling.

  How could he refuse when the need for exacting justice ran in his blood?

  Like his father who’d held the reigns in his big meaty hands, he now held them in his. His fists closed tightly around them, anticipation building.

  Justice had to be served. Justice fitting for the sins of the sinner.

  He donned his cape and hood and walked toward the cavern he created to house the new ones who needed punishing. Three of them.

  Their stay would be longer than most. But it was necessary.

  A smile curved his lips as an image of their terrified young faces flashed behind his eyes. They wore pretty smiles and clothes, a mask to hide the ugliness lurking beneath.

  One could easily be fooled by their feigned innocence. But he knew their truth. He’d peel away the outer skin and expose the layers beneath, the vileness that had stolen their souls.

  They would have to own that truth before they met their maker.

  He’d experienced his first taste of blood when he was ten years old and he witnessed his father handling a problem for a local on the island.

  His father’s punishments were cruel. Severe. They ended in screams of terror that echoed off the ocean, blending with the waves crashing against the jagged rocky shore.

  He had to live up to his father’s image. Make the sinners pray for redemption. Beg for forgiveness.

  Most of all, they had to suffer.

  If you liked Little White Lies then please write a review on Amazon! You can also contact Rita at www.ritaherron.com and follow her on Facebook and Twitter @ritaherron!

  The Keepers Series

  Pretty Little Killers (Book 1)

  Good Little Girls (Book 2)

  Little White Lies (Prequel to Dead Little Darlings – Book 3)

  Dead Little Darlings (Book 4)

  The Manhunt Series

  Safe In His Arms (Book 1)

  Safe by His Side (Book 2)

  Safe with Him (Book 3)

  The Graveyard Falls Series

  All the Beautiful Brides (Book 1)

  All the Pretty Faces (Book 2)

  All the Dead Girls (Book 3)

  The Slaughter Creek Series

  Before She Dies (Prequel)

  Dying to Tell (Book 1)

  Her Dying Breath (Book 2)

  Worth Dying For (Book 3)

  Dying for Love (Book 4)

  The Demonborn Series

  Heartless (Book 1)

  Mindless (Book 2)

  Soulless (Book 3)

  Rita’s Lighter Side

  Marry Me, Maddie

  Sleepless in Savannah

  Love Me, Lucy

  Husband Hunting 101

  Here Comes the Bride

  There Goes the Groom

  Single and Searching

  Under the Covers

  USA Today and award-winning author Rita Herron fell in love with books at the ripe age of eight when she read her first Trixie Belden mystery. But she didn’t think real people grew up to be writers, so she became a teacher instead. Now she writes so she doesn’t have to get a real job!

  With over ninety books to her credit, she’s penned romantic suspense, romantic comedy, and YA stories, but she especially loves writing dark romantic suspense tales set in southern small towns.

  For more on Rita and her titles, visit her at www.ritaherron.com. You can also follow her on Facebook and Twitter @ritaherron.

 

 

 


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