When runaway Kip Faulkner was seventeen, he witnessed two men commit a murder. Fear kept him from telling Sheriff Long the truth about what he'd seen. Guilt made him turn his life around. Eleven years later, he's the owner of a reputable private investigation agency in Denver. John Rigby looks like a typical biker, tattoos and all. But Kip discovers he’s the antithesis of that stereotype when he hires John to work for his agency. When Kip learns about a recent killing exactly like the one he witnessed and recognizes one of the killers in a blurry photo on the news, he vows to find out how the two murders are connected ... and if there have been more. With John's help, can he learn the truth behind the murders while the two men fight their mutual attraction? Or will Kip become the next victim?

The Agency

“Logically,” Kip replied, “so were Constantine, Alexander, and the others. Then their bodies were found buried somewhere in the mountains and they’d all been killed execution-style. If hers turns up the same way…”


“Then we add her to the list.” John tapped a finger on the desk. “This happened real soon after Alexander’s murder. Much closer together than the rest of the ones on our list.”


“Maybe not, if there are bodies that haven’t been located. The other option is, whoever’s in charge is getting sloppy with who he uses for—my guess would be money laundering, given that’s what she was supposedly doing.”


“Sloppy would be letting someone like Constantine get his hands on the money to begin with.”


“I disagree,” Kip replied. “He, they, would have to. They’d need to move it around to make it look legit. They just got greedy and took advantage of the situation.”


Chapter 19