Rocky Start

Rocky Start

Author: Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer Listening Length: 11h 50m
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Think of the movie RED. Retired covert operatives living in a small town in the Smoky Mountains. What could go wrong? From the bestselling authors of Agnes and the Hitman and the Liz Danger series. Rose Malone’s landlord and employer, Ozzie Oswald, just died, and now she has no idea if she has a job or if she and her ...

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CHAPTER 17

I hit the sheets after my shower and was instantly asleep in that great bed. It had been a long day, and the ability to sleep anytime, anywhere, was something you learned early on when you traveled the world like I had and did the things I’d done. I’d intended to arise a little after midnight and beat feet out of this town where the only people who wanted me here were on the other side of a blue line in a different state.

But the bed was welcoming and when I opened my eyes, I guessed it was at least two, maybe two-ten. When I checked my watch, it said 2:14 so I was on the slow side. One part of my brain wanted me to spring up, shrug on my extra set of clothes, grab the ruck, and go.

But it was a good bed and the comforter felt soft against my skin. I turned my head and Maggs’ butt was toward me at the head of the bed, perhaps a not too subtle message?