Authors: Tiffinie Helmer

Death Cache (42 page)

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, she’d done some damage, but then the asshole would have probably raped her before he killed her, given the chance. She pistol-whipped him and his hollering suddenly stopped, like she’d cut power to a blown speaker. He lay there on the cobblestones, drool and snot running from his mouth and nose. She reached down and checked his pulse with shaky fingers. Good, he was still alive. Though he’d probably wish he wasn’t when he woke.

She straightened, tucked the gun into her waistband, liking the feel of it on her person, and turned to see how Ivan fared. The lizard was kissing concrete too.

Ivan adjusted his jacket. He wasn’t even breathing hard. But then neither was she. There was a considerable amount of pride to be taken in that, so she did, giving Ivan a bedazzling smile.

He frowned. “I don’t like your friends.”

“They’re no friends of mine.”

A police siren split the silent evening.

“Come on.” She grabbed his hand, but he flipped his wrist fast and had hers in his grip before she could blink.

Yeah, he was exactly who she needed.

“You are coming with me.” He held up her calling card. “Besides, you owe me a drink.” He dragged her off to the left around the building and back down toward the harbor, anchoring an arm around her shoulders and settling a considerable amount of his weight on them.

Now why did getting what she wanted suddenly have a chill skittering up her spine?

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, brands, media, and incidents are either the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

DEATH CACHE

ISBN-13: 978-0615897103

ISBN-10: 061589710X

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Publishing History: First Edition

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LSO BY
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IFFINIE
H
ELMER

N
OVELLAS

Bearing All (sequel to Edge)

Impact (prequel to Hooked)

Moosed Up (prequel to Shiver)

Dreamweaver (sequel to Death Cache)

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UNDLE

Wild Men of Alaska

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OMANCE ON THE
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OVELS

Edge

Hooked

Shiver

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BOUT THE
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Photo by: Kelli Ann Morgan

Tiffinie Helmer is an award-winning author who is always up for a gripping adventure. Raised in Alaska, she was dragged ‘Outside’ by her husband, but escapes the lower forty-eight to spend her summers commercial fishing on the Bering Sea.

A wife and mother of four, Tiffinie divides her time between enjoying her family, throwing her acclaimed pottery, and writing of flawed characters in unique and severe situations.

To learn more about Tiffinie and her books, please visit www.TiffinieHelmer.com

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- Tiffinie grew up in Fairbanks, Alaska and married one of those wild Alaskan men she loves to write about.

- Spends most of her summers working as a commercial salmon fisherman (er woman) in Bristol Bay on the Bering Sea of Alaska.

- Huge Stevie Nicks fan, not only her music but her wardrobe too.

- Favorite foods: seafood (fisherman remember), olives, artichokes, mushrooms, cheese in general, and bread. Favorite dessert: pretty much any kind of cheesecake preferably with chocolate.

- Loves to kayak—seriously loves to kayak—especially sea kayaking.

- She was a foreign exchange student to Finland in high school, and fell in love with the people, the saunas, and their bounty of delectable cheeses.

- She’s a bit of a thrill seeker, and finds the older she gets the bigger the chances she takes.

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