Linda Conrad - Last Chance Reunion

Two Lone Star stories from bestselling author Linda Conrad!

TEXAS COLD CASE

Determined to solve the cold case of his mother’s murder, Colt Chance returns home to Texas. Turns out the new deputy sheriff is the woman who broke his heart. But when someone targets Lacie, Colt’ll have to decide between the vengeance he seeks and protecting the one he still loves….

TEXAS LOST AND FOUND

After witnessing a murder, firefighter Nina Martinez finds an ally in medic Josh White. On the run, they discover that Nina is the long-missing Chance sister, Cami. Will Cami embrace the love from Josh and her real family before it’s too late?

Praise for LINDA CONRAD

“A great romance and adventure that the reader won’t be able to put down.”

—RT Book Reviews on The Sheik’s Lost Princess

“A thrilling read, the latest book by talented author Conrad is a suspense-filled contemporary romantic suspense that will touch your heart.”

—CataRomance on Texas Baby Sanctuary

“The suspense, danger, believable dialogue, complex characters, powerful emotions, humor, enticing settings and love makes this a top notch romance, one you will want to read more than once!”

—Romance Junkies on Texas Manhunt

“An intriguing plot and sizzling chemistry will keep readers turning the pages.”

—RT Book Reviews on A Chance Reunion

LINDA CONRAD

When asked about her favorite things, Linda Conrad lists a longtime love affair with her husband, her sweetheart of a dog named KiKi and a sunny afternoon with nothing to do but read a good book. Inspired by generations of storytellers in her family and pleased to have many happy readers’ comments, Linda continues creating her own sensuous and suspenseful stories about compelling characters finding love.

A bestselling author of more than twenty-five books, Linda has received numerous industry awards, among them a National Readers’ Choice Award, a Maggie, a Write Touch Readers’ Award and an RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award. To contact Linda, to read more about her books or to sign up for her newsletter and/or contests, go to her website, www.lindaconrad.com.

Last Chance Reunion

Linda Conrad

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Contents

Texas Cold Case Texas Cold Case Linda Conrad

Texas Lost and Found

Dear Reader,

I have really enjoyed writing the Chance, Texas series. I’ve had so much fun creating characters that seem like a few of the people I met while living in Texas. I *heart* Texans! Thanks also to many of you for writing to say you have loved reading these stories.

Just a little background on the Chance family: after finishing high school, the youngest Chance brother, Colt, decides he hates living on the family ranch. He leaves, becoming a federal attorney, and vows to stay away from Chance, Texas, and the Bar-C ranch for good. But there are still a few mysteries for Colt to solve in Chance. Eventually, he’s driven to find out who really murdered his mother and framed his father. He also wants to know why his high school sweetheart left him without a word of goodbye.

And finally there is one last puzzle for the Chance family to solve. What happened to the kidnapped baby sister they’d named Cami and lost when she was only four?

Last Chance Reunion is organized a little differently than the other books. I wanted to share these last two stories of Colt and Cami together, so I put them both in one book.

Enjoy your reading!

Linda

Texas Cold Case

Linda Conrad

To Patience Bloom, a terrific editor.

Thanks for believing in these stories and thanks for all that you do!

Contents

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Epilogue

Excerpt

Chapter 1

Could that be her? Naw. Too much of a coincidence.

Junior justice department attorney Colt Chance stepped out of hiding and into a patch of bright sunlight filtering down onto filthy sidewalks. He squinted, turning his gaze in her direction. The young woman was walking down the other side of the street in the middle of a crowd and he needed a better look.

Just yesterday his brother had faxed a computerized, age-enhanced photo of their little sister, Cami, gone since the age of four. And the woman he’d just seen seemed a perfect match to that photo. She’d stood out in the middle of the group of Mexican-Americans who had appeared to be traveling together down the busy barrio sidewalk. Her lighter skin color and more updated clothing made him take notice.

Forgetting for the moment that he was supposed to be in the middle of a three-agency government sting, he chased the moving tangle of people down the block—though his orders had been to stay put.

His family had searched for any sign of their kidnapped baby sister in the Southern California area for the past twenty-odd years. And if this could possibly be her, Colt refused to miss his opportunity to find out.

Not that he had seen that much of the rest of his family in too many years to count. But he still cared about them and stayed in contact. His ugly hometown memories were what had kept him away from any reunions. He hated the tiny town of Chance, Texas, and the Bar-C Ranch, and he despised everything they reminded him of and stood for.

But getting a lead on Cami might go a long way toward easing the many mysteries still lingering in his mind about his childhood.

He dashed down the street, heedless of the very real confrontation about to take place. At that moment Manuel Villegro, the federal prosecutor that the justice department secretly had been keeping under surveillance for many months now, pulled his Hummer up to the alley entrance and stopped right next to their informant. Colt’s unit had designed this sting to gather evidence proving Villegro had been taking bribes—and it was going down now.

Paying little attention, Colt turned the corner, trying to keep one eye on the crowd ahead and one eye on the action behind him. But when he looked up, the group of people he’d been chasing had evaporated. The barrio’s streets were suddenly deserted.

Hesitating where he stood and wondering what had changed, he spotted two pickups loaded with men moving ominously in his direction. He got a better look, taking note that the men appeared dangerous and carried long-barreled guns. He figured they must belong to the international arms cartel that had been allegedly bribing Villegro.

Realizing a little late that the inter-agency’s sting had probably become a double cross, Colt turned on his heels and started running back toward the other members of his team who’d been waiting in the shadows. The pickups’ engines gunned right behind him.

He wouldn’t make it back in time.

“Abort the operation,” he shouted as he ran and waved his arms above his head. “Get off the street now. Move. Move.”

He never heard the first sound of gunfire when the bullets struck him in the back. But pain became his entire focus as he tried to take a few more steps.