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“Who hurt you, Claire?”
“One of my patients got upset. It’s nothing, Mark.”
“The hell it’s not. A patient attacked you and you call it nothing?”
“He reacted to a traumatic memory and I happened to get in the way. It goes with the territory.” She pulled away, but he caught her arm, refusing to let her run.
“His name, Claire?”
She shook her head. “I can’t tell you that, Mark.”
“Can’t or won’t?”
“Both. If I don’t protect my patients’ privacy, they won’t confide in me. Then I’m useless.”
“And how helpful will you be to your patients if you end up dead?”
He wrapped his arms around her, determined to make her realize she might be in danger. “You can’t trust anyone, Claire. Not right now. It’s too dangerous.”
“I know how dangerous trusting a man can be, Mark. After all, I once trusted you.”
Midnight Disclosures
Rita Herron
MILLS & BOON
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Award-winning author Rita Herron wrote her first book when she was twelve, but didn’t think real people grew up to be writers. Now she writes so she doesn’t have to get a real job. A former kindergarten teacher and workshop leader, she traded her storytelling for kids for romance, and writes romantic comedies and romantic suspense. She lives in Georgia with her own romance hero and three kids. She loves to hear from readers so please write her at P.O. Box 921225, Norcross, GA 30092-1225, or visit her Web site at www.ritaherron.com.
CAST OF CHARACTERS
Dr. Claire Kos—Blinded by the accident that cost her her child, Claire Kos has nothing to live for but work. Will that very job cost her her life?
Mark Steele—A man struggling with guilt and loss. Can he save Claire before a ruthless serial killer makes her his next victim?
Special Agent Luke Devlin—An FBI agent with demons of his own, he offers Mark a job when Mark has nothing left. But will that job be Mark’s salvation or his downfall?
Dr. Ian Hall—The new director of the Coastal Island Research Park wants to create positive publicity for CIRP. But is his plan a smoke screen to hide secretive research under way at the center?
Dr. George Ferguson and Dr. Kurt Lassiter—Two of Claire’s co-workers who lust after her. Would one of them kill to have her?
Drew Myers—The man who created the idea of the Calling Claire show. Just how far will he go to make the show a success?
Joel Sanger—A psychotic patient of Claire’s with violent tendencies toward women. Has he become a serial killer?
Richard Wheaton—Another patient suffering from dissociative identity disorder. Is one of his personalities a murderer?
Al Hogan—A troubled man who attended a support group with Claire months ago and tried to befriend her. Has he resurfaced?
To my cool aunt Nelda—
who finally got hooked on romance!
Love, Rita
Contents
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Epilogue
Prologue
She had to tell Mark about the baby.
Claire Kos punched the accelerator, flipped on the windshield wipers and wove her way through the late-evening traffic. Mark couldn’t leave on some dangerous mission without knowing she planned to accept his proposal, that she’d be waiting for him when he returned.
She understood his need to serve his country. He’d been raised by a military father, had grown up on a base himself. He’d been born and bred for the armed services, a true hero. His reasons were all very noble.
And she knew she was being selfish. But what about her and their unborn child? What would happen to them if he didn’t return?
Telling him won’t keep him from leaving.
She gripped the tiny silver frame she’d bought as a going-away gift in her hand. He could take the frame with him, and if he couldn’t make it back for the birth, she’d mail him a photograph to put inside. That way she and their child would always be with him, wherever he went.
Thunder clapped in the gray sky, the rain rushing down in a torrent,
