Kathleen Tailer - Undercover Jeopardy

A love rekindled...

or a deadly undercover reunion?

Taken hostage in a bank robbery, the last person Detective Daniel Morley expects to find disguised as a robber is his ex-fiancée, FBI agent Bethany Walker. Now, with a mole in law enforcement putting Bethany’s life in danger, Daniel must join her undercover to protect her. But can this pretend couple confront the issues that ended their real relationship…and stay alive to claim a future together?

KATHLEEN TAILER is a senior attorney II who works for the Supreme Court of Florida in the office of the state courts administrator. She graduated from Florida State University College of Law after earning her BA from the University of New Mexico. She and her husband have eight children, five of whom they adopted from the state of Florida. She enjoys photography and playing drums on the worship team at Calvary Chapel, Thomasville, Georgia.

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Undercover Jeopardy

Kathleen Tailer

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ISBN: 978-1-474-09636-2

UNDERCOVER JEOPARDY

© 2019 Kathleen Tailer

Published in Great Britain 2019

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“Any sign of them?”

Bethany didn’t answer, and Daniel glanced in her direction. She was as white as a sheet and had pressed herself as close as possible to the truck door.

He laughed. He couldn’t help himself. The look on her face was just too comical to ignore. “Are you okay?”

She shook her head. “No. You’re wild!” The tone of her voice made it perfectly clear what she thought of his driving.

“What?” He raised an eyebrow, giving her his best innocent look.

“Remind me to never let you drive anywhere ever again,” she said under her breath. “I think I’m going to throw up all over your nice floor mats.”

“Come on. I’m a good driver,” he said with a smile.

She narrowed her eyes. “At least tell me you lost our tail.”

“Yep.”

“Then it was worth it.” She moaned. “I guess,” she qualified.

Daniel pulled up behind the storefront and killed the engine, then turned to Bethany. “Okay. Are you ready for this?”

Bethany grimaced. “Ready as I’ll ever be.”

And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.… If God be for us, who can be against us?

—Romans 8:28–31

For all the missionaries around the world who have dedicated their lives to sharing the love of Jesus Christ, including Beverly and Greg Wootton, Isaac and Clea Wootton and their wonderful children, and Connie Rose. May God continue to bless you as you do His work across the African continent and beyond.

Contents

Cover

Back Cover Text

About the Author

Booklist

Title Page

Copyright

Introduction

Bible Verse

Dedication

ONE

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

SIX

SEVEN

EIGHT

NINE

TEN

ELEVEN

TWELVE

THIRTEEN

FOURTEEN

FIFTEEN

SIXTEEN

SEVENTEEN

EIGHTEEN

NINETEEN

EPILOGUE

Extract

About the Publisher

Detective Daniel Morley wrote the date on his deposit slip, then double-checked it against the large calendar the bank had posted on one of the columns near the customer service desk among the green pine trim and the red-and-white candy cane decorations. December 14. It had been one year since Bethany Walker had disappeared from his life. An entire year of searching and coming up empty. He was a detective—one of the best in the business, but he’d utterly failed to find her, despite his herculean efforts. She had been his fiancée but now, instead of celebrating their wedding anniversary, he was solemnly remembering the last time he’d seen her and the hurtful words he’d spoken during their argument right before she’d driven away. He should have gone after her. Now, he didn’t know if he’d ever even see her again, and the calendar before him was just one more reminder of how long she had been missing from his life.

People didn’t just disappear, and yet, Bethany seemed to have done just that. Her apartment lease had been paid in advance, but despite several evenings of surveillance, he had not seen a single person enter or leave. He’d even used his law enforcement credentials to complete a welfare check. Daniel and the landlord walked through the rooms together, but there was no sign of Bethany, or any clues as to her whereabouts. Her refrigerator was bare, and there were only a few staples left in the pantry. It was obvious that she wasn’t living there. But then where was she staying? And if she’d moved and left the Chattanooga area completely, why had she kept the lease? It was a mystery.

“Excuse me, can I please have one of those?” An older lady smiled at him as her voice brought him out of his reverie. She motioned toward the stack of deposit slips sitting in front of him, and he smiled back at her as he pushed them in her direction so they were within her reach.