Virginia Vaughan - Killer Insight

From profiling criminals

to being hunted by a killer.

Asking FBI agent Lucy Sanderson to profile the Back Roads Killer is the only way Bryce Tippett can prove his brother is innocent—unless Lucy becomes the next victim. When someone begins stalking her just as she arrives in town, it falls to the single dad to protect her. But as clues lead in unexpected directions, can they uncover the truth…and survive to expose it?

Covert Operatives

VIRGINIA VAUGHANis a born-and-raised Mississippi girl. She is blessed to come from a large Southern family, and her fondest memories include listening to stories recounted around the dinner table. She was a lover of books from a young age, devouring tales of romance, danger and love. She soon started writing them herself. You can connect with Virginia through her website, virginiavaughanonline.com, or through the publisher.

Also By Virginia Vaughan Contents Cover Back Cover Text About the Author Booklist Title Page Copyright Note to Readers Introduction Dear Reader Bible Verse Dedication ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN EPILOGUE Extract About the Publisher

Covert Operatives

Cold Case Cover-Up

Deadly Christmas Duty

Risky Return

Killer Insight

Rangers Under Fire

Yuletide Abduction

Reunion Mission

Ranch Refuge

Mistletoe Reunion Threat

Mission Undercover

Mission: Memory Recall

No Safe Haven

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Killer Insight

Virginia Vaughan

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ISBN: 978-0-008-90646-7

KILLER INSIGHT

© 2020 Virginia Vaughan

Published in Great Britain 2020

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“There’s nothing you could tell me that would change the way I feel about you…”

Lucy wanted to believe that. Bryce was a good and loyal man. How she wanted to lean into him! She fought her own instincts. She had to.

Bruce took the room key from her. “Let me check the room before you go inside.”

He pulled his gun from his holster and pushed open the door, flicking on the light. He opened the bathroom door and, when he did, a blast of gunfire sent Lucy flying backwards. She hit the wall and had the breath knocked from her.

Bryce was holding his shoulder and blood was pooling between his fingers.

Lucy grabbed up Bryce’s gun from the floor and kicked open the bathroom door, but all she saw was a rifle hanging from a wire attached to the ceiling. There was no shooter, only an elaborate booby trap.

“I’m calling for an ambulance.”

“I’m not leaving you,” he barked. “Someone set a

booby trap in your room. That was meant for you, Lucy.”

Whoever had set this trap had intended to kill her.

Bryce had taken the bullet that was meant for her.

Dear Reader,

Thanks so much for joining me in the final chapter of my Covert Operatives series. I’m sad to say goodbye to these characters, but I’m looking forward to a new series with new fun and exciting journeys.

I hope you enjoyed reading Bryce and Lucy’s story as much as I enjoyed writing it. I loved the idea of taking an FBI profiler—someone trained to see and understand human behavior—and have her confidence thrown a curveball by something happening in her own life that she couldn’t see. Her guilt over her fiancé’s hidden addiction proved that her faith had been in her FBI training and her profiling skills. Ultimately, like we all do, she had to learn that only God can see and know all things.

I love hearing from my readers! You can contact me online through my website www.virginiavaughanonline.comor on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ginvaughanbooks.

Blessings!

Virginia

He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.

—Micah 7:19

This book is dedicated to my friends and family, without whom this writing gig wouldn’t be possible.

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Back Cover Text From profiling criminals to being hunted by a killer. Asking FBI agent Lucy Sanderson to profile the Back Roads Killer is the only way Bryce Tippett can prove his brother is innocent—unless Lucy becomes the next victim. When someone begins stalking her just as she arrives in town, it falls to the single dad to protect her. But as clues lead in unexpected directions, can they uncover the truth…and survive to expose it? Covert Operatives

About the Author VIRGINIA VAUGHAN is a born-and-raised Mississippi girl. She is blessed to come from a large Southern family, and her fondest memories include listening to stories recounted around the dinner table. She was a lover of books from a young age, devouring tales of romance, danger and love. She soon started writing them herself. You can connect with Virginia through her website, virginiavaughanonline.com , or through the publisher.

Booklist Also By Virginia Vaughan Contents Cover Back Cover Text About the Author Booklist Title Page Copyright Note to Readers Introduction Dear Reader Bible Verse Dedication ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE TEN EPILOGUE Extract About the Publisher Covert Operatives Cold Case Cover-Up Deadly Christmas Duty Risky Return Killer Insight Rangers Under Fire Yuletide Abduction Reunion Mission Ranch Refuge Mistletoe Reunion Threat Mission Undercover Mission: Memory Recall No Safe Haven Discover more at millsandboon.co.uk