Scene Of The Crime: Deadman'S Bluff

Product Description Buried Alivefbi Agent Seth Hawkins Was On A Mission To Catch A Serial Killer. Yet His Only Leada Mysterious Azureeyed Beauty Found Buried Alive In The Local Sand Duneshad No Memory Of How She'D Been Abducted. Or Anything Else About Her Identity.The Only Thing Tamara Jennings Knew For Sure Was The Undeniable Attraction She Felt For The Strong, Handsome Man Who Saved Her Life. It Wasn'T Long Before Their Passion Flared Out Of Control. But As Memories Of Her Forgotten Past Returned, Would They Lead Her To The Killerand To A Life She Could Share With Seth? About The Author Carla Cassidy Is A New York Times Bestsellingauthor Who Has Written More Than 125 Novels For Harlequin Books. She Is Listed On The Romance Writer'S Of America Honor Roll And Has Won Numerous Awards. Carla Believes The Only Thing Better Than Curling Up With A Good Book To Read Is Sitting Down At The Computer With A Good Story To Write. Excerpt. Reprinted By Permission. All Rights Reserved. The Sand Dunes Were Nearly Blinding In The Latejune Sunshine, But That Didn'T Stop The Surge Of Adrenaline That Raced Through Seth Hawkins As He Pulled His Pickup To A Halt And Cut The Engine.Deadman'S Dunes. It Had Been Almost A Year Since He'D Been Back Here In The Small Oklahoma Town Of Amber Lake To Enjoy Not Only The Company Of His Sister And Niece, But Also The Thrill Of Conquering The Dunes.Seth Pulled On A Pair Of Goggles Against The Sun'S Glare And Then Got Out Of His Truck. As Far As The Eye Could See The Dunes Rose Up Like An Alien Landscape Located Seven Miles Outside Town.In The Distance He Could Hear The Roar Of Quad And Other Atv Engines And Knew He Wouldn'T Have The Dunes To Himself. Not That It Mattered, There Was Plenty Of Room For Everyone.He'D Driven Here From His Home In Kansas City Early That Morning And Had A Leisurely Lunch With Linda And Samantha, His Sister And Niece, But He'D Been Eager To Get Out Here On The Dunes Where Nothing Mattered But The Throttle Beneath His Hand And The Elemental Challenge Between Man And Nature.It Took Him Only Minutes To Unload His Dirt Bike From The Back Of The Truck. As He Strapped On His Protective Equipment And Then Pulled On His Helmet, He Drew In A Deep Breath Of The Fresh Warm Air.For The Next Week He Wasn'T Fbi Special Agent Seth Hawkinshe Was Simply Seth On Vacation, Visiting With His Only Relatives And Enjoying Some Much Needed Downtime From The Job.He Climbed On The Dirt Bike And Kickstarted It, The Thrum Of The Engine Filled Him With A Teenagelike Excitement. It Felt As If In The Past Couple Of Years There Had Been Nothing But Work, No Time For Anything But Murder And Mayhem. He Needed This Vacation And He Intended To Spend Each And Every Moment Of It Just Having Fun And Relaxing.With This Thought In Mind, He Released The Clutch And Shot Forward, The Sand Shifting Ever Ominously Beneath His Tires As He Approached The First Dune And After That Miles Of More Dunes That Would Eventually Lead To The Large Hump That Was Deadman'S Bluff.A Hairpin Turn At The Crest Of The Hill Had To Be Maneuvered With Precision. Otherwise The Rider Would Fly Off The Bluff And To The Sand Fifteen Feet Below. More Than One Rider Had Tasted That Sand At The Bottom Of Deadman'S Bluff, Although Seth Himself Had Never Had The Unpleasant Experience.As He Flew Over The First Mound, Exhilaration Spiked And He Would Have Grinned, But Knew That Gesture Would Only Get Him A Mouthful Of Sand.He Saw The Tracks That Others Had Left Before Him And Saw In The Distance Several Riders On Quads Who Were Obviously Riding Together.Seth Hadn'T Visited Amber Lake Often Enough Over The Years To Get To Know The Locals. He Tried To Come And Visit His Sister Every Six Months Or So, Especially Since Her Contentious Divorce Five Years Ago, But Most Of The Time It Was Just An Overnight Visit.But He Was Here Now For A Wonderful Week And Intended To Take Full Advantage Of Having Nothing More On His Mind Than Din