You Only Love Twice

Zusatztext “A writer of uncommon brilliance.”— Romantic Times “I buy her books on the basis of her name alone because she always delivers.”— New York Times bestselling author Linda Howard Informationen zum Autor Bestselling, award-winning author Elizabeth Thornton was born and educated in Scotland, and lived in Canada with her husband for more than forty years. She had been a teacher, a lay minister in the Presbyterian Church, and a full-time writer. She died in 2010. Klappentext After three years of amnesia! Jessica Hayward finally knows her name--and she has the power to read a murderer's thoughts. Convinced she must unmask him! Jessica goes home to Hawkshill Manor and discovers that no one is happy about her return! especially Earl Lucus Wilde. Reissue. He was reaching for her, and she jerked up the gun, pointing it straight at his chest.  He stopped dead in his tracks.  "I know how to use this," she said, trying to control the wobble in her voice.  "I'm warning you, don't come any closer." The hard planes of his face gradually softened and he laughed low in his throat.  "Now this is more like the Jess I know."  He spread his arms wide and took another step toward her.  "Go on, then.  Pull the trigger.  You can't miss me from that distance.  Aim for here."  He touched his heart.  "What's the matter, Jess?  Have you lost your nerve?" She aimed for the floor, shut her eyes and squeezed the trigger.  Nothing happened.  It was a mistake that cost her dearly as she knew the moment she opened her eyes.  His face was livid with color and his lips were pulled back, baring his teeth. "Christ!  You vicious little bitch!  If you had remembered to cock that firing piece, you would have emasculated me." Though she quailed before the thirteen stone of quivering masculine outrage that loomed over her, there was just enough of Sister Martha in her to be outraged as well.  "Blasphemy," she coldly informed him, "is not tolerated in this house." "The hell it isn't!" With a suddenness that caught her off guard, he grabbed for the gun and with one yank wrested it from her hands.  She had the presence of mind to give him a hard shove, then she took off. She heard another violent oath, then the thud of his boots as he came after her.  Panting as though her lungs would burst, she flung into the kitchen and made straight for the paddle beside the brick oven.  Without waiting to take aim, she swung it in an arc and caught him a glancing blow on the shoulder.  He staggered and cursed, but still came on.  There was no stopping this man!  She swung the paddle again, missed, and sent the crock of flour she'd set out on the table tumbling to the floor.  A fine brown powder floated up. He gave one of his infuriating low laughs and lunged for her.  She swung at him again.  This time her paddle collided with the pan of strawberry jam and sent it spinning.  It hit the mantel with a resounding thud and exploded in a shower of gooey crimson rain.  It rained on the ceiling, it rained on the floor. It rained on him, it rained on her. Hands on hips, he threw back his head and hooted with laughter.  "If you could only see yourself!" She didn't care what she looked like, not when she was facing a madman.  Her eyes were trained on him, watching his every move.  Her hands were clenched around the paddle, holding it like a lance.  When he came at her, she went for him, but he neatly sidestepped her.  As she charged by, he grabbed her from behind, pinioning her arms to her sides, and he lifted her effortlessly off her feet.  She bucked, she kicked, she twisted, she squirmed.  She could not budge him.  He was squeezing her so hard she thought she would suffocate.  In a blind panic, she dropped the paddle.  Almost at once, the pressure of his arms eased. When her feet touched the floor, he slowly turned her to face h...

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Thornton
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.02.1998
• EAN: 9780553574265
• ISBN: 978-0-553-57426-5
• No. of pages: 389
• Dimensions: 106 mm x 174 mm x 22 mm
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature