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    By Mimi Barbour

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    When attractive Las Vegas detective Aurora Morelli makes a friend, she takes the relationship very seriously...and if anyone hurts that person, they’re going down! While Aurora may be slim and dainty on the outside, she has the heart of a lion, and when angry, the manners of a she-cat. The sick schmuck who dared attack her partner is now her prime target. Nothing or no one will stand in her way—except maybe her new partner who arrives in town seeking vengeance on the same culprit.

    Kai Lawson, a young Bruce Willis lookalike, has his sights on the same rapist that his attractive new partner is determined to catch. Only his plans do not include capture. The devil raped his sister and only death will satisfy Kai’s lust for revenge.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMimi Barbour
    Release dateMay 10, 2014
    ISBN9781311255594
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    Mimi Barbour

    A word from the Author of The Vicarage Bench Series...I’ve taken early retirement on Vancouver Island to spend my days and many nights hovering over my computer and spinning the stories that have been vying for attention over the years.My husband is supportive and drags me out to feed me and plans occasional forays into the outside world. I have a son who makes me happy I was born a woman so I could be his mom, and a niece whose family adds to my full cup of happiness.Gardening lights my inner fires, and I need no urging to get out into the yard when the weather dictates. I do have many hobbies such as quilting, crocheting, but alas – no time.

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      Partners - Mimi Barbour

      Partners

      Book One of the Vegas Series

      By

      Mimi Barbour

      Copyright

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

      Copyright

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are either the product of the

      author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons

      living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales, is entirely coincidental.

      COPYRIGHT 2014 by Mimi Barbour

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      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever

      without written permission of the author except in the case

      of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

      Contact Information: mimi@mimibarbour.com

      Cover Art by Steven Novak

      Edited by Robert Reid

      Edited by Christine Kirchoff

      When attractive Las Vegas detective Aurora Morelli makes a friend, she takes the relationship very seriously…and if anyone hurts that person, they’re going down! While Aurora may be slim and dainty on the outside, she has the heart of a lion, and when angry, the manners of a she-cat. The sick schmuck who dared attack her partner, Debbie, is now her prime target, and nothing or no one will stand in her way—except maybe her new partner, a purse-carrying, Bruce Willis lookalike who arrives in town seeking vengeance on the same culprit.

      Kai Lawson doesn’t want a partner. Especially if she’s one he has to protect. After all, his mind is solely on getting to the animal who raped his sister. The same guy responsible for her suicide. Vengeance is mine saith the Lord. That was Kai’s plan, also.

      A Note from the Author

      Afterword

      Also Author of…

      About the Author

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      Copyright

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      Roll the Dice

      Chapter One

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      Book one of the Vegas Series - A Short Story

      Chapter One

      Two weeks ago, life had been normal. Aurora had gone to get a cup of the sludge they called coffee and left her partner Debbie working at her desk on their backlog of case files. On her way back to their office, Lieutenant Cory Ashton had caught up with Aurora and they’d stepped into the room together, both coming to a dead stop.

      Debbie, who’d lately taken to the layered look with sloppy clothes, had bent over to pick something up from the floor and her extra-large t-shirt had draped open. Her pregnant belly had been revealed for all to see.

      What the hell? Cory erupted and his explosion cut off Aurora’s absurd exclamation.

      You’re pregnant. Even as the words left her mouth, Aurora wished them back. No need to worry since Cory’s voice rose to a bellow and drowned out her obtuse remark on the obvious.

      Girl, why didn’t you tell me I’m going to be a father? A guy appreciates knowing these things. The excited man swept the curvaceous blonde into his arms and hugged her until a smile wiped the horrified expression from her face. Flying high, happier than Aurora had ever seen him, Cory continued. "We need to celebrate. A man doesn’t find out

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