Lisa Phillips - Colorado Manhunt

Fugitives on the lam…

And danger in the mountain wilderness.

In Wilderness Chase by Lisa Phillips, US marshal Noah Trent will do anything to protect key witness Amy Sanders when the brother she testified against escapes from prison and comes after her in the Rocky Mountains. And in Jenna Night’s Twin Pursuit , bounty hunter Lauren Dillard must battle the mountain elements and trained killers when she mistakenly tracks her target’s twin brother, Jason Cortez.

LISA PHILLIPSis a British-born, tea-drinking, guitar-playing wife and mom of two. She and her husband lead worship together at their local church. Lisa pens high-stakes stories of mayhem and disaster where you can find made-for-each-other love that always ends in a happily-ever-after. She understands that faith is a work in progress more exciting than any story she can dream up. You can find out more about her books at authorlisaphillips.com.

JENNA NIGHTcomes from a family of Southern-born natural storytellers. Her parents were avid readers and the house was always filled with books. No wonder she grew up wanting to tell her own stories. She’s lived on both coasts, but currently resides in the inland northwest, where she’s astonished by the occasional glimpse of a moose, a herd of elk or a soaring eagle.

Colorado Manhunt

Lisa Phillips

and

Jenna Night

www.millsandboon.co.uk

ISBN: 978-0-008-90087-8

COLORADO MANHUNT

Wilderness Chase © 2020 Lisa Phillips Twin Pursuit © 2020 Virginia Niten

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Noah pulled his weapon out and crept forward.

Amy had stowed hers in her go bag just in case she was caught alone. US marshals tended to get mad when a protectee tried to help them do their job.

He toed open the door and scanned the woods around the cabin. “It’s clear.”

Amy felt the hairs on her neck flutter. She stepped outside, then glanced back, wondering if she would ever get the chance to come back here. There were things she wanted. Stuff not required in her bag. She didn’t want to lose those things.

A vehicle approached. She heard the crunch of gravel under tires. Then the squeal of brakes.

Noah shoved her back. She fell. Coffee spilled on the entryway rug and his solid body landed on hers.

The rat-a-tat of gunfire cut through the thumping of her heart in her chest.

Noah rolled, taking her past the line of sight in the open doorway while the gunfire continued. He covered her body, arms over her head, so her face was nestled against his shoulder.

Wood splintered around them as the cabin was torn to pieces.

They were going to die.

Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text

About the Authors

Title Page

Copyright

Note to Readers

Introduction

Contents

Wilderness Chase

Dedication

Bible Verse

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

ELEVEN

TWELVE

THIRTEEN

EPILOGUE

Dear Reader

Twin Pursuit

Dedication

Bible Verse

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

EPILOGUE

Dear Reader

Extract

About the Publisher

Wilderness Chase

Lisa Phillips

Mega thanks always to my writer friends, who drive me to be the best I can be. Couldn’t do it without you.

Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.

—Proverbs 13:21

Deputy US Marshal Noah Trent glanced in the rearview. Had he lost them? The older SUV had stuck behind him for the past fifty miles of Colorado highway.

Today had been a nightmare from start to finish. First, a prisoner transfer had gone horribly wrong. Now two marshals were dead and three inmates had escaped. He’d hit the road almost as fast as the news had come.

One inmate had been caught, but the other two men were still in the wind. It was assumed they weren’t together. Too bad that was about all the marshals knew.

If Jeremiah Sanders was loose, it meant one thing. He’d dig up his sister’s whereabouts and be at her doorstep faster than you could say, “Incoming.”

The man wanted to put his sister, Amy, in the ground as revenge for testifying against him. Then there was the death of Jeremiah’s son. Despite what happened to the teen, Jeremiah held her responsible for that, as well. As though she’d been the one to cause the car accident.

Hopefully Jeremiah was still in Washington state, and nowhere near his sister.

Noah looked back for the blue SUV again. He gripped the wheel the same way he’d done all afternoon. Then he tapped the screen of the rental car and listened to the phone ring through the speakers.

“Withers.”

Noah said, “It’s Deputy Marshal Trent.”

“Any problems?”

“An SUV behind me, but I lost them,” he told his boss.

“Good,” Withers said. “We don’t need this turning into more of a circus than it already is.”

“Yes, sir.”

Withers was all about damage control. Noah didn’t fault him, but playing all the angles had to be exhausting. Now that he was within twenty miles of Amy’s home, Noah didn’t want that SUV to show up again. It would mean leading them right to her.