Rocky Start

Rocky Start

Author: Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer Listening Length: 11h 50m

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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P oppy was better once she saw Darius but still rocky, so once they’d had their moment, I cleaned up the cuts on her arms and hands, Neosporin-ed everything to the nines, and wrapped up her wounds. Normalcy was a good idea. So I made Poppy brush her teeth and wash her face—such normal things to do—and then sat on her bed with her, trying to find a way to make things right again.

“It’s over,” I told her. “The bad guys are all gone. We’re safe again.”

“I was so scared,” she said. “I was so scared and I didn’t know what to do.”