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Always A Hero
Justine Davis
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About the Author
JUSTINE DAVIS lives on Puget Sound in Washington. Her interests outside of writing are sailing, doing needlework, horseback riding and driving her restored 1967 Corvette roadster—top down, of course.
Justine says that years ago, during her career in law enforcement, a young man she worked with encouraged her to try for a promotion to a position that was at the time occupied only by men. “I succeeded, became wrapped up in my new job, and that man moved away, never, I thought, to be heard from again. Ten years later he appeared out of the woods of Washington state, saying he’d never forgotten me and would I please marry him. With that history, how could I write anything but romance?”
To all of those who, in whatever kind of uniform,
stand between us and the dark side.
Chapter 1
“I hate you! I hate this place. I want to go home.”
“I know. Just do it.”
Jordan Price threw down the rake, scattering the leaves he’d just gathered. His father chose not to point out that he’d just guaranteed himself more time spent in the task he loathed.
“I’m never going to be such a jerk to my kids.”
Wyatt Blake smothered a sigh, but managed to keep his tone reasonable; he remembered thinking much worse thoughts about his own father. And at younger than thirteen, too.
So that’s how you want you and Jordan to be? Like you and your father?
He fought down his gut reaction and spoke calmly.
“If you don’t learn to finish what you start, your kids won’t listen to you anyway. If you can even find a woman who’d have them with a man who doesn’t keep his word.”
Yeah, right. You’re such an expert on keeping promises.
“I don’t know why Mom married you anyway.”
“It’s a mystery. Finish.”
The grumbling continued, with a couple of words muttered under the boy’s breath that Wyatt decided not to hear. He had enough on
