The First Lady Unmasked: Not Pretty Enough? Think Again

a real piece of work. You're positive the Todd family won't c

through the line, d

laugh. "Take it easy. So what if she ends up dead?

man's poisonous voice was the first thing she heard-followed by a rush of memorie

assassin alive, the ruthless commander of an elite merc

'd been unconscious in a hospital bed. The hospital staff and police h

espised, Valerie had swallowed three years of cruelty, bow

that ende

odisiac into her drink, and offered her to some aging b

the moment the knife sliced across her wrist, the sh

ed apart, wrists and ankles clamped in cold metal, a th

curled up and waited for death to clai

fights that turned whole valleys crimson, trekking across barren wastelands that

the worst nightmare was just

f her aching wrist, th

on the man before he even sensed movement. He crumpled to th

k mask, and swung the lamp again-this time drivin

hoed through the room; blood sprayed acros

ruin, she finally released the lamp and rose to he

he quiet suite. "Sir? The toys you requested j

ed onto the window ledge, caught the curtain in one hand for balan

od rigid, a faint, uncharacteristic flush warming his otherwise stone-cold features. "Mom, open t

this family an heir gets me arrested, then so be it. Relax, the drug I used w

lic click sea

tight. "One shot and this door is

ll that trigger and you'll shoot your own mother. Imagine the fallout w

nd his eyes as Leland pressed

holster and strode toward the bathroom, hoping ic

mmed into him-a woman's body, soft and feverish, bru