Sarah Varland - Alaskan Hideout

Mission: safeguard his ex—

And the son she kept secret

Someone’s stalking Emma Bass and her little boy, and the only person she can turn to is her ex-boyfriend, Tyler Dawson. Arriving in his Alaskan town with the son he doesn’t know exists, though, Emma finds facing Tyler just as hard as outrunning her would-be killer. Now they must overcome their past...if they want to live to claim a second chance at a shared future.

SARAH VARLAND lives near the mountains in Alaska, where she loves writing, hiking, kayaking and spending time with her family. She’s happily married to her college sweetheart, John, and is the mom of two active and adorable boys, Joshua and Timothy, as well as another baby in heaven. Sarah has been writing almost since she could hold a pencil and especially loves writing romantic suspense, where she gets to combine her love for happily-ever-afters, inspired by her own, with her love for suspense, inspired by her dad, who has spent a career in law enforcement. You can find Sarah online through her blog, espressoinalatteworld.blogspot.com.

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Alaskan Hideout

Sarah Varland

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ISBN: 978-1-474-08464-2

ALASKAN HIDEOUT

© 2018 Sarah Varland

Published in Great Britain 2018

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“You just left. And kept Luke a secret.”

Emma swallowed hard. “I meant to tell you. I meant to before I went into labor. I meant to that first Christmas, his first birthday, every holiday and birthday after that. I have a shoebox full of letters I wrote you, talking about Luke and how he was growing up, pages filled with me trying to explain, trying to say I was sorry.” She shook her head. “I should have told you.”

Heartbeats passed, gave space for his thoughts, the emotions he couldn’t begin to identify that were swirling around inside him. “You told me now, though. You came here now.”

“I did.”

“Why?”

“Because I knew I could count on you. Someone is after me. If something happens to me...I need to know Luke is safe and taken care of. I get that what I did, keeping him from you, is unforgivable. So while I’d love to have your forgiveness, I’m not asking for it. All I want from you is for you to help me keep my son safe. And if I can’t take care of him anymore, if something happens to me—”

“I’m not going to let it.”

As far as the east is from the west, so far hath he removed our transgressions from us.

—Psalms 103:12

Dear Reader,

Thanks for reading Emma and Tyler’s story! I enjoyed being back at Moose Haven Lodge and getting to share my favorite state, Alaska, with you again through fiction!

Emma and Tyler were a unique set of characters for me to write, especially because of their past relationship. It was amazing as I tried to get into their heads to see the struggles they would have gone through, and how deep the wounds they’d inflicted on each other were, to realize how much many people may feel like the two of them did. Though it was difficult in some ways, I enjoyed writing their story, and loved seeing how through fiction God reminded me about second chances and forgiveness. If you identified with either of the characters or their struggle, I hope God uses this book to speak to you about forgiveness, as well, and reminds you of his grace.

As always, I love to hear from readers! You can find me on Facebook.com/sarahvarlandauthor, where I post writing news and lots of Alaska photos, or you can email me at sarahvarland@gmail.com.

P.S. If you’re ever planning a trip to Alaska, let me know! I love helping people come up with ideas for things to visit as it’s a huge state and there’s always something new to see. Hint: if you come visit, you can see the town I got some of my inspiration for Moose Haven from, though Moose Haven is a fictional town located on the Kenai Peninsula near some real towns I may reference in my stories. For now, you could google Seward, Alaska, for a small glimpse of this area and my inspiration.

Thanks again for reading!

Sarah Varland

To Joshua and Timothy, for being the best boys anyone could ask for. You search all my books for a J and a T to see if those copies are “yours” (oddly enough you’ve found a J or a T in every book so far), so here are your names, boys. This one’s for you. Thanks for sharing with me your love of stories, for writing them down, telling me stories out loud and letting me read to you. You’re both great and I love you. Thanks for letting me work when I need to and for being so excited when this book was finished. And no, you can’t read Mommy’s books yet, no matter how brave you think you are. But I appreciate it. Love you both!

Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text

About the Author

Booklist

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Bible Verse

Dear Reader

Dedication

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SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

ELEVEN

TWELVE