The Devil in Her Bed (Devil You Know #3) - Kerrigan Byrne Page 0,108
tree and could have sworn she saw a little leg swinging there. Her heart ached, but not with the pain it once had.
“There’s a big world out there, a great deal of which I still haven’t explored,” she said. “So many places that hold no memories or sadness, nothing but potential.”
“Where would we go?” he asked.
“I would like to take a dogsled and touch the northern lights one day, and to race Arabians over the golden sands of the desert. I want to visit pirate wrecks in Antigua and volcanoes of Hawaii.” She looked at him. “What about you?”
His expression was carefully blank, and then a look of wonder stole some of the cynical age from his bones. “I never really thought in terms of the future, but all that sounds like an extraordinary life we might have.”
“So … we will sell this place, then, so we never have to look back, and let it finance a great many of our adventures.”
He nodded, bending over to select a silver rock from the fireplace and slipping it into his pocket.
She tilted her head “A memento?”
“A keepsake.” He pulled her to his side and led her toward the hallway they’d once used as an escape. “I love you, Francesca. But I want a reminder of Pippa, of that wild, willful little girl who promised me she’d steal my heart someday.”
“You’re never getting it back, me hearty,” she said in her terrible pirate accent.
“Good. It’s yours. Forever.”
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kerrigan Byrne lives with her husband on the coast of Washington State’s Olympic Peninsula in a Victorian-era town almost frozen in time. When she’s not writing, you might find her on the beach with her dogs, lounging at a local vineyard or brewery, or buying things she doesn’t need at antique stores. She loves to hear from her readers, you can contact her at www.kerriganbyrne.com, or sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
Title Page
Copyright Notice
Chapter One
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 Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
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Praise for The Devil You Know series
About the Author
Copyright
This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
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