Christmas Witness Protection. Maggie K. Black
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A witness targeted...and on the run
The first Protected Identities novel
When key witness Corporal Holly Asher is abducted, Detective Noah Wilder risks everything to rescue her. Now they’re undercover as an engaged couple, hiding from a sinister hacker group—who plan on exposing every witness in protection on Christmas Eve. But can Noah and Holly stop a deadly conspiracy...without tipping off those who want to kill her?
MAGGIE K. BLACK is an award-winning journalist and romantic suspense author with an insatiable love of traveling the world. She has lived in the American South, Europe and the Middle East. She now makes her home in Canada with her history-teacher husband, their two beautiful girls and a small but mighty dog. Maggie enjoys connecting with her readers at maggiekblack.com.
Protected Identities
Christmas Witness Protection
True North Heroes
Undercover Holiday Fiancée
The Littlest Target
Rescuing His Secret Child
Cold Case Secrets
Amish Witness Protection
Amish Hideout
Military K-9 Unit
Standing Fast
True North Bodyguards
Kidnapped at Christmas
Rescue at Cedar Lake
Protective Measures
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Christmas Witness Protection
Maggie K. Black
ISBN: 978-1-474-09758-1
CHRISTMAS WITNESS PROTECTION
© 2019 Mags Storey
Published in Great Britain 2019
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“I’m guessing you don’t like this plan...”
“I don’t want anyone risking their life for me,” Holly said, her voice quiet.
Noah pulled back just enough that he could see her face, and something caught in his chest to see the worry and pain there. She’d radiated pure defiance and strength when he first laid eyes on her. Now something else hovered within the green depths of her eyes: vulnerability.
“Hey, it’s okay,” he said. “They’re amazing cops, and it’s a team effort. We’ll get you working with a sketch artist and going over mug shots. The two most important things right now are keeping you safe to testify against General Bertie and stopping the Imposters, and both of those involve my keeping you alive.”
But still her head was shaking, and he could feel the softness of her pixie cut brushing against his fingertips.
“Look, I get it,” he said. “I really do.”
“No, you really don’t,” she said. “I don’t think I can identify the Imposters. I can’t remember what their faces look like...”
Welcome to the first book of my new Stolen Identities series. I hope you enjoy it! The best part of writing the True North Heroes and True North Protectors series was getting to know the characters better as I watched their lives crisscross each other’s stories. Now I’m excited to do it again in this new witness protection series, while bringing back both Liam Bearsmith and Seth Miles for more adventures.
I wrote this book while recovering from a concussion. During the slow recovery, I realized my usual way of sitting down and writing a book wasn’t