Scene of the Crime: Return to Mystic Lake

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Carla Cassidy. Scene of the Crime: Return to Mystic Lake

He smelled her before he saw her, that sweet pear scent that instantly aroused him

MILLS & BOON

MILLS & BOON

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She stood in the doorway of his room. “Maggie?” he said softly.

“I’m looking for a nice Southern gentleman named Jackson,” she said, her voice slightly husky.

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“Nothing,” she replied. The small formal living room opened into a large great-room/kitchen area. Here was the evidence that something unusual had taken place.

She followed Jackson’s gaze as it traveled around the room, taking in the oversize pillows on the floor in front of a coffee table that held two half-empty wineglasses and a platter of hardened, too-yellow cheddar cheese, crackers, and grapes starting to wither and emanate a slightly spoiled scent.

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