Finding Peace
Baytown Boys #4
Maryann Jordan
Release Date October 27, 2017
The Baytown Boys Mysteries
Military duty called them away to war zones, but after tours overseas, the group of friends found their way back home as men, seeking the peaceful little seaside town. Now, the band of brothers, together once more, work to provide a place for less fortunate veterans to call home.
Brogan MacFarlane, a former Marine, filled his days with hard work at the family bar and his nights running along the shore to rid himself of the war memories he would rather forget. But there was one thing in town that provided a distraction…the pretty cop with the haunted eyes.
Ginny Spencer loved the small, shore town and her job, as long as she could keep people at arm’s length. Former Army Military Police, she carried her own battle scars deep inside and that was just where she planned on keeping them. If only the surly bartender with the Irish blue eyes did not make her long for more.
When reports of a Peeping Tom in town escalate to a man accosting women, Ginny and the Baytown police work to find the culprit, but for her, it opens wounds she would rather forget. Brogan, seeing her pain, steps in, no longer willing to sit on the sidelines. And in doing so, allows her to soothe his nightmares as well.
When two scarred souls come together, their love allows them to find the peace they’ve been seeking.
****Due to scenes of an explicit sexual nature and language that some consider crude, please be warned - for 18+ only! If you do not like alphas with heart who fall instantly in love with strong female characters while dealing with real life issues...again be warned!!*****
Ginny stepped into the hot summer sun, crossing through Helen’s
yard into the Masterson’s. She focused on the ground, but with the grass
recently cut and the summer heat burning the green to brown, there was no
evidence of footprints. As she approached the wooden back porch, she stood,
staring at the back of the house. The porch ran three-quarters of the length,
from the sliding glass door os the family room to the end of what Helen
indicated was the master bedroom. Studying the porch, she saw no dusty
footprints either.
Sighing, she carefully walked over to the sliding
glass door, looking for clues that someone might have tried to break in.
Leaning down, she studied the wooden doorframe, but noticed nothing. No marks
in the wood. No attempted entry.
Stepping back, with her hands on her hips, she
slid her gaze over the entire back of the house. Walking along the deck, she
moved to the window Helen indicated the man had peered into. No footprints on
the porch below. No evidence of attempted entry. Pulling out the fingerprint
kit, she dusted the window. Nothing.
Helen had not been able to see clearly enough to
say whether the man wore gloves, but with no other evidence, Ginny assumed he probably did.
Peeking through the window, she viewed the master
bedroom, noting there were blinds on the window, but they were angled so that
light shone through—and eyes would be able to see in. Ten feet further, at the
end of the porch, was a higher window. Unable to see into it, she stood on her
tiptoes enough to tell that it was probably the bathroom. Stepping back again,
she shook her head, trying to see anything out of the ordinary.
“Officer, is something wrong?”
Startled, Ginny whirled around, seeing a
middle-aged man standing in the next-door backyard, a hoe in his hand. “Hello,”
she called out, walking toward him. Stopping a few feet from the fence border,
she smiled at him. “I’m Officer Spencer and I’m checking out the Masterson’s
home since they are out of town. Have you seen anyone back here that made you suspicious?”
“No, ma’am. I’m Jeffrey Teestor and if I saw
someone back here besides the Mastersons, I’d have called the police.”
Chuckling, she nodded, and said, “That would be
the right response. But one of your neighbors reported seeing a man on the back
porch here last night, looking into the window. So, I’m just checking the house
to see if I can find any evidence of a problem.”
His eyes jumped to his neighbor’s house before
returning to Ginny’s face. “Did you find anything? Was there someone there?”
“No, sir, but I want to make sure. Have you seen
anyone at the rental property behind your house…next to Mrs. Collins’ house?”
His eyes narrowed as
he nodded slowly. “Mrs. Collins. Is she the one who reported seeing someone?
Let me tell you, she’s a nice lady but, Officer, she lives alone with all those
cats and I gotta tell you, I think she’d be the type who might need some
attention, if you know what I mean.”
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