An image flashed through Leighs mind
Whats wrong? Gabe glanced around them.
Nothing, she said on a rush of breath. A memory, I think.
Of what?
She couldnt tell him. Leigh didnt even think she could say the words.
Was it about us?
Leigh nodded but didnt offer anything else.
All right, if you wont answer, Ill fill in the blanks. We had some bad times along with the good ones. Very good ones. Yes, we argued, but we always made up. We had all the hopes, dreams and problems of any other couple in love. And yes, damn it, we even had great sex.
He must have sensed that hed hit upon something. Great sex, he repeated.
I wont get involved with you again, she retorted.
Are you trying to convince me, Gabe drawled, or yourself?
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Also this monthanother compelling book from newcomer Delores Fossen. In A Man Worth Remembering, she reunites an estranged couple after amnesia strikes. Together, can they find the strength to face their enduring loveand find their kidnapped secret child? And can a woman on the edge recover the life and child she lost when she was framed for murder, in Harper Allens The Night in Quesiton? She can if she has the help of the man who put her away.
Pulse pounding, mind-blowing and always breathtakingthats Harlequin Intrigue.
Enjoy,
Denise OSullivan
Associate Senior Editor
Harlequin Intrigue
A Man Worth Remembering Delores Fossen
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Leigh OBrienEven though shes lost her memory, Leigh senses that she and her husband, Gabe, once had a life and love thats worth remembering. Without realizing she has a secret that can destroy the new bonds between them, Leigh places her life, and her heart, in Gabes hands.
Special Agent Gabe SanchezGabe vows to do his job and protect his estranged wife from a killer, but he doesnt want to give Leigh another chance to crush his heart. Too bad he cant forget the love they once shareda love that is threatened when Gabe learns the truth Leigh has kept from him.
Wade JenkinsA key member of the task force assembled to protect Leigh and catch the killer. But is Wade someone Leigh and Gabe can trust? Or is he the very man who wants Leigh dead?
Teresa WaltersAn ATF agent with more than a professional interest in Gabe.
Frank TempletonLeighs former assistant on the FBIs Evidence Response Team. Does someone want Frank dead as well, or is he the mastermind behind the plot to kill Leigh?
To my sister, Linda Reeves,
who taught me many of lifes most important lessons.
Contents
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter One
She regained consciousness in the water. Cold, deep, dark water. It was above her, beneath her, around her on all sides. Smothering her.
Terror shot through her. She frantically tried to swim but couldnt. Her hands and feet were tied together. Water gushed into her nose and mouth. Her throat clenched. It hurt. She hurt. Her chest pounded as if it might shatter.
Someone had put her there. But who? She could just make out a milky image on the bridge above the waters surface. No face. No name. Just someone who obviously wanted her dead.
Inch by excruciating inch, she sank lower. She fought against the urge to surrender, to close her eyes and just give up so the pain would stop. No. She wouldnt give up. Couldnt. God, she didnt want to die.
Leigh twisted her body, using the last of her breath to try to stop her downward slide. She didnt succeed. The water coiled around her and sent her into a dizzying spiral until her feet dipped into the clotted mud at the bottom.
She didnt see the man before his arm snaked around her waist, but she felt his firm grip. It was a lifeline. Hope. Right now, hope and this man were all she had.
He stopped the mud from swallowing her up and began to haul her toward the surface. Leigh tried to help, but her wrists and feet were still bound. No matter how hard she struggled, she couldnt free herself.
Somehow, he got them out of the water, dragging her onto a muddy embankment. And then he kissed her. At least she thought thats what he was doing until she felt the air gust into her mouth. No. Not a kiss. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.