Jennifer Morey - Mission - Colton Justice

In this thrilling The Coltons of Shadow Creek tale, a millionaire confronts his past to save his child...

When his wife, Tess, died, tech mogul Jeremy Kincaid’s perfect world broke apart. Their young son is the light of his life, but Jeremy can’t shake suspicions that her death was no accident. Did presumed-dead Livia Colton orchestrate Tess’s car accident? Jeremy risks everything by enlisting beautiful PI Adeline Winters to uncover the truth.

Adeline once served as Tess and Jeremy’s egg donor and surrogate. Giving up her baby was the hardest thing she’d ever had to do, yet she can’t turn down Jeremy’s plea for help now. But Adeline and Jeremy must push aside their slow-burning attraction when kidnappers place the ultimate bargaining chip on the table: their son.

“I’ve always been so grateful to you.”

He met her eyes, trying to convey his sincerity. “You have no idea what he means to me. I love him so much. It’s...indescribable, the intensity of that love.”

“I think I do have an idea,” Adeline said. “I felt it the moment I held him for the first time.”

Their gazes locked in that moment. Jeremy felt a bond cement between them, one only a mother and a father could have. He let the feeling take him without concern over consequences.

He leaned toward her, turning his head to bring his lips to hers. The first featherlight touch seared him with sensation. When she put her hand on his face, he deepened the kiss.

An instant later, she answered his passion. He leaned more, pressing her down onto the oversize sofa. She bent one knee and his hardening erection found itself against her groin. The shock of sensation pushed him to the brink of no control.

Jeremy went still. If they took this any further...

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The Coltons of Shadow Creek:

Only family can keep you safe...

Dear Reader,

Welcome to the latest book in The Coltons of Shadow Creek series, where Livia Colton lives on—even though she is believed dead. Enter the tantalizing world of scandal and love in Mission: Colton Justice.

The most appealing aspect of this story for me was the hero’s entrepreneurial spirit and his penchant for honor and, yes, justice. The heroine is his perfect counterpart, with equal zest for success and a deep desire to belong to her very own family. May you be drawn in from page one and enjoy the rest of the series!

Sincerely,

Jennifer

Mission: Colton Justice

Jennifer Morey

www.millsandboon.co.uk

Two-time RITA® Award nominee and Golden Quill award-winner JENNIFER MOREY writes single-title contemporary romance and page-turning romantic suspense. She has a geology degree and has managed export programs in compliance with the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) for the aerospace industry. She lives at the foot of the Rocky Mountains in Denver, Colorado, and loves to hear from readers through her website, jennifermorey.com, or Facebook.

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Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text

Introduction

Dear Reader

Title Page

About the Author

Dedication

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

Extract

Copyright

Chapter 1

The vision that walked toward his open office door differed mightily from the broke college student he’d last seen a few years ago. Jeremy Kincaid forgot all about the exciting new investment opportunity in a high-tech night vision equipment start-up. Adeline Winters seemed to float with each smooth, graceful stride. She could just as easily be on a catwalk as in his reception area.

Her endlessly long legs made the light gray trousers wave as she moved. The open lapels of her knee-length black trench coat offered glimpses of slender hips beneath the fitted hem of a gray button-up vest. Modest cleavage peeked out from above a soft, silky yellow shirt, very business-like. Thick, shoulder-length blond hair fanned out. He drank in the sight of her. By the time she stopped at his office door, her porcelain skin and naturally pink lips arrested him next, and then her keen, light blue eyes snapped him out of his trance.

He stood, feeling as though he might have to control his drool. Clearing his throat, he got a hold of himself and stepped away from his chair. Did she have the same reaction to seeing him again? She held a leather padfolio in one arm. Her gaze took in his form as he came around the desk, but he couldn’t be sure the same electric sexual awareness afflicted her.

“Ms. Winters. Thank you for coming.” He shook her soft hand.

“Adeline. Thank you for inviting me, Mr. Kincaid.”

“Jeremy.” He smiled as he looked down at her attire. “College seems to have agreed with you.”

A slight answering smile curved her perfect lips. “My business is growing. Maybe after this meeting, it will grow even more.”

She’d turned her criminal justice degree into her own private investigation agency. When he’d learned that, the wheels in his head had started spinning. Not only did he admire anyone with the know-how and courage to blaze their own path—he’d built his own business on the same steam—he could use her expertise.

Putting the padfolio down on one of two plush brown leather chairs facing his big, cherrywood desk, she removed her coat and draped it over the arm. She had a gun holster and an ammo pouch fastened to her belt. While he wondered about that, she looked up at his thirty-six-by-forty-eight black-and-white picture of the moon, half in sunlight and half in shadow.

“That was taken by an imaging satellite,” he explained. “The founder of a start-up I invested in sent it to me.”

She looked over the rest of his office. A whiteboard covered one wall and pictures of ranch land accented a conference table. A credenza took up the space behind his desk.

After taking those in, she returned her attention to him. “You like ranching and stargazing?”

“Ranching is in the family. Not me. I’m a businessman.” He looked over the photos. “I like investing in technological concepts, seeing entrepreneurs take an idea and turn it into a success. I built my first company from nothing and started investing after I sold it.”

“To the moon and back.” She smiled wider than before. “I knew you invested but I didn’t know you sold your first company. Tess never mentioned that.” She wandered to the whiteboard where he kept a list of tasks and an unclassified flowchart of a new night vision scope for a military rifle.

“I didn’t have much money. I had my engineering degree and a partner with an innovative idea to make a garage door opener that could read license plates. Kind of like electronic toll optics.”