**Discover heart-racing intrigue in this Thriller Short of romantic suspense. Originally published in LOVE IS MURDER (2013), edited by #1 ***** New York Times** ***bestselling author Sandra Brown.* * In this Thriller Short, *New York Times* bestselling author Brenda Novak shows how past deeds and current love can both bind us to our fate. Rex McReady joined the Crew to survive in prison, but he also killed two of his onetime brothers to save Laurel, the woman he loves. Now in the witness protection program, he is trying to sort things out in his tempestuous on-again, off-again relationship with Laurel. He loves her, she loves him, but the breakups and makeups go on and on. After one of their all-too-frequent fights, Laurel is tracked down by Mose, a Crew enforcer. Rex comes by to try to patch things up with Laurel and, with eyes only for her, Rex allows Mose to get the drop on him, too. Is death the only way out of the Crew for Rex and Laurel?Don’t miss any of these Thriller Shorts from Love Is Murder: ***Diamond Drop*** by Roxanne St. Claire ***Cold Moonlight*** by Carla Neggers ***Poisoned*** by Beverly Barton ***Speechless*** by Robert Browne ***Lockdown*** by Andrea Kane ***Spider’s Tango*** by William Simon ***Night Heat*** by Laura Griffin ***B.A.D. Mission*** by Sherrilyn Kenyon ***Deadly Fixation*** by Dianna Love ***Hot Note*** by Patricia Rosemoor ***Last Shot*** by Jon Land & Jeff Ayers ***Grave Danger*** by Heather Graham ***Without Mercy*** by Mariah Stewart ***Even Steven*** by D.P. Lyle ***Dying to Score*** by Cindy Gerard ***The Number of Man*** by J.T. Ellison ***Hard Drive*** by Bill Floyd ***After Hours*** by William Bernhardt ***Blood In, Blood Out*** by Brenda Novak ***Wed to Death*** by Vicki Hinze ***The Honeymoon*** by Julie Kenner ***Execution Dock*** by James Macomber ***In Atlantis*** by Alexandra Sokoloff ***Break Even*** by Pamela Callow ***Dirty Down Low*** by Debra Webb ***Broken Hallelujah*** by Toni McGee Causey ***Holding Mercy*** by Lori Armstrong ***Vacation Interrupted*** by Allison Brennan ***I Heard a Romantic Story*** by Lee Child