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    He's a Keeper
    He's a Keeper
    He's a Keeper
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    He's a Keeper

    By C. B. Maurice

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    Some things are worth keeping. Some guys are keepers.

    Dina Paxson has a few days before going back to work as activities director on a cruise ship to straighten out a billing snafu at the storage facility. A year ago, her calm head during a crisis on her ship put her marriage onto the rocks while making her a media darling and hanging her with the nickname the Angel of the Riva Amore. She wishes the whole thing would just go away.

    Officer Paul Hanover is baby-sitting the facility for his mother when Dina comes in. She's a little odd, but in a way that makes him want to know more. Too bad his need to know conflicts with her desire to be a little more anonymous.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChrista Maurice
    Release dateMay 15, 2017
    ISBN9781386900122
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      He's a Keeper - C. B. Maurice

      Table of Contents

      Title

      Copyright 2017 C B Maurice

      Dedication

      Chapter One

      Chapter Two

      Chapter Three

      Chapter Four

      Chapter Five

      Chapter Six

      Chapter Seven

      Chapter Eight

      He’s a Keeper

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      C. B. Maurice

      Copyright 2017 C. B. Maurice

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      PUBLISHER’S NOTE:

      This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locale or organizations is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party Web sites or their content.

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      Dedication

      To my ex-husband, who left me in exactly this pickle.

      And to my Storage Guy, who helped me straighten it out.

      Chapter One

      Dina jumped out of the car and tugged her raincoat closed before she froze. Nice day, they said. You won’t need a coat, they said. What the hell was wrong with them? There had to be an icicle forming on the tip of her nose. Her mom’s bloody coat was giant on her too. Every breath of wind blew it out like a sail, carrying any molecule of heat she’d hoarded into the atmosphere. She trotted toward the little office outside the storage facility gates. One quick stop to straighten out this billing snafu, grab the keys, and see what Jeff had left her with, and she could get back to Mom.

      She pushed open the door and stepped into the only slightly warmer, but blessedly not windy office. It looked just the way she remembered. Pale green walls, display of boxes, tape and new locks in the corner. Chest high counter. The tall blond man behind the desk was new though. So was the potbellied man wearing a stained

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