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

John smiled. “You announce it to the local news outlets. I presume there are some.”


Mitch snorted. “A weekly paper here in town, and a daily paper plus a tiny TV station the next town over. This will be big news, though, so I can probably convince Walt, he owns the TV station, to let his cronies in Grand Junction know what’s going on, as long as he gets the exclusive first. Hopefully they’ll think the story is big enough they pass it on to their national affiliates.”


“If they don’t, this isn’t going to work,” John said. “Something we hadn’t thought about.”


“I’ll get Walt to play it up as a cold case solved by a small town cop. People eat that kind of thing up.” Mitch rested his elbows on the table, looking thoughtful. “Okay. So I get you to come here to tell me what you saw, at which point I arrest you for obstruction of justice and let the news outlets know. That will give anyone who’s interested a place to find you—and keep you safe at the same time.”


Chapter 26