The Witness and the Marshal
A tense, slow-burning protective romantic suspense about a deadly witness, a twin's secret, a forced-proximity safe house, a hunted heroine, and a love worth surviving forBy J. R. Cole
Length8h 37m
About this audiobook
Eight seconds on a ton of muscle and rage, and Lena Calder could pay the bills.
Eight seconds on a bull named Thunder, and she'd have enough cash to disappear again.
She rode under a ghost name, took the envelope, folded the money flat into her boot.
Then she turned to count the exits.
That's when she saw the ruby ring the color of dried blood.
Lena has been running since the night her sister clawed at her face and screamed run, Lena, run.
She has the scar to prove it.
A thin white line across her jaw that pulls tight whenever Silas Vermillion's people get close.
She is the only living witness to what Vermillion did.
And witnesses don't get to grow old.
She has spent years as a ghost — riding rodeos under borrowed names, paying cash, counting exits in every room she enters.
She trusts no one. She stays nowhere. She runs.
Then a U.S. Marshal locks her down in a crumbling safe house deep in the Louisiana swamp.
Moss-draped oaks. One lit window. Nowhere left to run.
He is all set jaw and steady hands and a promise she doesn't believe.
"I'm not going to let anything happen to you," he tells her.
She's heard promises before.
The last one got her sister killed.
But the swamp keeps secrets, and so does she — a twin's secret that could blow the case wide open and put a target on the one man trying to keep her breathing.
The blood she couldn't stop won't wash off.
The cabin in the swamp is the first place she's wanted to stop running.
As the walls close in and the testimony comes due, Lena has to decide whether to keep running forever or finally stop, stand, and trust the one person she swore she never would.
The Witness and the Marshal is a tense, slow-burning protective romantic suspense about a deadly witness, a twin's secret, a forced-proximity safe house, a hunted heroine, and a love worth surviving for.
Perfect for readers who love romantic suspense, protective heroes, witness-on-the-run thrillers, forced proximity, and slow-burn danger. A standalone romance with a happy ending worth fighting for.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Mystery and Thriller
Length8 hrs 37 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Dedication
3Chapter 1 - The Scar That Started Everything
4Chapter 2 - The Name I Never Wanted to Say
5Chapter 3 - The Door I Swore I’d Never Open
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6Chapter 4 - The Lie I Told Myself to Survive
7Chapter 5 - The Price of a Second Chance
8Chapter 6 - The Moment I Stopped Running
9Chapter 7 - The Blood I Can’t Wash Off
10Chapter 8 - The Taste of Huckleberry Lies
11Chapter 9 - The Promise I Made to a Ghost
12Chapter 10 - The Shot I Can’t Take Back
13Chapter 11 - The Cabin I Can’t Leave
14Chapter 12 - The Trail of All Our Secrets
15Chapter 13 - The Hands That Hold the Gun
16Chapter 14 - The Lie That Nearly Became True
17Chapter 15 - The Man I Am Becoming
18Chapter 16 - The Kiss That Changed Everything
19Chapter 17 - The Cost of Loving a Liar
20Chapter 18 - The Evidence That Burns
21Chapter 19 - The Last Honest Thing I Did
22Chapter 20 - The Moment We Stopped Being Alone
23Chapter 21 - The Road With No Name
24Chapter 22 - The Cabin Where We Almost Believed
25Chapter 23 - The Betrayal I Saw Coming
26Chapter 24 - The Sound of My Own Heart Breaking
27Chapter 25 - The Promise I Made to the Living
28Chapter 26 - The Face of Everything I’ve Lost
29Chapter 27 - The End of the Endless Run
30Chapter 28 - The Gasp Before the Quiet
31Chapter 29 - The Testimony I Never Thought I’d Give
32Chapter 30 - The Verdict That Still Cost
33Chapter 31 - The Life We Didn’t Know We Were Fighting For
34About the Author
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