Once Craved (a Riley Paige Mystery--Book #3) (28 page)

“Not yet,” she said.
“I’ve got a lot of processing to do before I can talk about it.”

“I understand.”

The sounds of
giggling girls’ voices were coming up from the yard. Riley was sure the
giggling was all about what had been going on among the adults.

Blaine got up and
walked to the deck rail and called down to Crystal.

“There you are! I’ve
been looking all over for you!”

Crystal rolled her
eyes, grinning from ear to ear.

“Come on, Dad. That’s
so lame. We all know who you really came over to see.”

Blaine flushed,
thoroughly embarrassed.

Riley was amused.
Crystal had called the situation perfectly.

For a second, she
was reminded of her father’s words.

“Never trust a
man whose kids don’t hate him.”

She smiled inwardly.
She guessed that this made Blaine trustworthy.

Blaine turned to her
and still clearly embarrassed, took a deep breath and said, “Now that you’re
back, I was wondering if you wanted to all have dinner together at the Grill.
The four of us.”

Riley smiled,
outwardly this time. It had been a long time since she’d been asked out on a
formal date. It felt good. And being with Blaine, even though she barely knew
him, felt good, too.

“I’d like that,” she
said. “I’d like that very much.”

COMING
SOON!

Book
#4 in the
Riley
Paige mystery series!

In the meantime, please enjoy
BEFORE HE KILLS, book #1 in the MACKENZIE WHITE
mystery series!

BEFORE HE KILLS

(a Mackenzie
White Mystery--Book #1)

From #1 bestselling author Blake
Pierce comes a heart-pounding new mystery series.

In the cornfields of Nebraska a
woman is found murdered, strung up on a pole, the victim of a deranged killer.
It doesn’t take long for the police to realize a serial killer is on the
loose—and that his spree has just begun.

Detective Mackenzie White, young,
tough, smarter than the aging, chauvinistic men on her local force, finds
herself called in grudgingly to help solve it. As much as the other officers
hate to admit it, they need her young, brilliant mind, which has already helped
crack cold cases that had left them stumped. Yet even for Mackenzie this new
case proves an impossible riddle, something the likes of which she—and the
local force—have ever seen.

With the FBI called in, together,
an intense manhunt ensues. Mackenzie, reeling from her own dark past, her
failed relationships, and her undeniable attraction to the new FBI agent, finds
herself battling her own demons as her hunt for the killer takes her to the
darkest places of her mind. As she delves into the killer’s mind, obsessing
over his twisted psychology, she finds that evil truly does exist. She only
hopes it will not be too late to extricate herself from it, as her entire life
collapses around her.

As more bodies turn up dead and a
frantic race against time ensues, there is no way out but to find him before he
kills again.

A dark psychological thriller
with heart-pounding suspense, BEFORE HE KILLS marks the debut of a riveting new
series—and a beloved new character—that will leave you turning pages late into
the night.

Book #2 in the Mackenzie White
Mystery series will be available soon.

BEFORE HE KILLS

(a Mackenzie
White Mystery--Book #1)

Blake
Pierce

Blake Pierce is
author of the bestselling RILEY PAGE mystery series, which include the mystery
suspense thrillers ONCE GONE (book #1), ONCE TAKEN (book #2) and ONCE CRAVED
(#3).  Blake Pierce is also the author of the MACKENZIE WHITE mystery series.

ONCE GONE (book #1),
which has over 100 five star reviews, is available as a
free download on Amazon!

An avid reader and
lifelong fan of the mystery and thriller genres, Blake loves to hear from you,
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to learn more and stay in touch.

BOOKS
BY BLAKE PIERCE

RILEY
PAIGE MYSTERY SERIES

ONCE
GONE (Book #1)

ONCE
TAKEN (Book #2)

ONCE
CRAVED (Book #3)

MACKENZIE
WHITE MYSTERY SERIES

BEFORE
HE KILLS (Book #1)