Harlequin Intrigue
December 2025
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Teaser
Only a competent K9 and her handler
Could find her sister’s killer.
CBI Agent Gabriella Ruiz is convinced a missing hiker is a reemerging serial killer’s next victim. Believing she’s too close to the case, the Bureau refuses to follow her hunch. Luckily, Gabriella finds unexpected help in Crooked Pass Security’s unique investigative team. Expert tracker Diego Rodriguez and his faithful K9, Poppy, go searching for clues from the ground up. But when the killer focuses on Gabriella, Diego—and Poppy—must keep Gabriella safe from the killer’s dangerous grasp.
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The early spring sun bathed her face as she stood on the mountain trail. She walked to the lip and peered down a nearby ravine to the creek at its base. Along the edges of the crystal-clear water, spring was coming alive with the first hints of green and purple. Before long, those little slips of color would unfurl into mountain bluebells and the tall, hairy leaves of cow parsnip.
In the trees nearby, bright green buds were bursting open as life returned to the Colorado mountains.
She loved this time of year that held so much promise.
Shielding her eyes against the sun, she glanced up the trail, reviewing how much farther she had to go before reaching the summit.
Not far, she thought, but the day was still early, and she didn’t want to rush her hike. She wanted to savor the day. Tomorrow she’d be trapped behind walls of glass and cement while at work.
Walking to the other side of the trail, a challenging one for more experienced hikers, she sat on a boulder warmed by the sun and laid her knapsack at her feet. Rummaging through it, she hauled out a baggie with trail mix to satisfy the hunger in her belly.
The snap of a branch behind her snared her attention.
Something dark and menacing charged at her before she could react.
Peanuts, chocolate and raisins went flying as she was slammed onto the ground.
The force of the impact drove her breath from her. Before she could take another breath, a gloved hand covered her mouth.
She fought for breath and freedom, but he was just too heavy. Too big. Too strong.
Circles of black whirled before her eyes. In her mind, a silent scream rang out.
I don’t want to die.
As the blackness thickened, taking her away, that small desperate voice pleaded.
Please, I don’t want to die.
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