Читать онлайн «A Veiled Deception»

Автор Анетт Блэр

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Author’s Note

One

Two

Three

Four

Five

Six

Seven

Eight

Nine

Ten

Eleven

Twelve

Thirteen

Fourteen

Fifteen

Sixteen

Seventeen

Eighteen

Nineteen

Twenty

Twenty-one

Twenty-two

Twenty-three

Twenty-four

Twenty-five

Twenty-six

Twenty-seven

Twenty-eight

Twenty-nine

Thirty

A Tip for the Vintage Handbag Lover

Make Your Own Evening Clutch

A Tight Fit

When the scent of Jasmine’s fake Opium hit me, I stopped dead.

I should go now, I thought, and hesitated . . . but I rounded the bed anyway.

No sound accompanied my scream.

In a blink I took in the sight: Jasmine, lying on the hardwood floor like a white Madonna, hair perfect, skirt modestly pulled down, legs bent to the side, ankles crossed as if to display her strappy spikes to best advantage, pearls scattered around her.

She might have fallen into a graceful faint, except for one thing.

Had I thought earlier that she needed only a veil?

She had one now . . . tied tight around her throat.

PRAISE FOR The Scot, The Witch and The Wardrobe

“Sassy dialogue, rich sexual tension, and plenty of laughs make this an immensely satisfying return to Blair’s world of witchcraft. ” —Publishers Weekly

PRAISE FOR

The Kitchen Witch

“Blair has crafted a fun and sexy romp. ”—Booklist

“Magic. The Kitchen Witch sizzles. Ms. Blair’s writing is smooth as a fine Kentucky bourbon. Sexy, fun, top-notch entertainment.

”—Romance Reader

Berkley Prime Crime titles by Annette Blair

A VEILED DECEPTION

Berkley Sensation titles by Annette Blair

THE KITCHEN WITCH

MY FAVORITE WITCH

THE SCOT, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE

SEX AND THE PSYCHIC WITCH

GONE WITH THE WITCH

THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP

Published by the Penguin Group

Penguin Group (USA) Inc.

375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA

Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada

(a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc. )

Penguin Books Ltd. , 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England

Penguin Group Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd. )

Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia

(a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd. )

Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd. , 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi—110 017, India

Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, North Shore 0632, New Zealand

(a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd. )

Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty. ) Ltd. , 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196,

South Africa

Penguin Books Ltd. , Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content.

A VEILED DECEPTION

A Berkley Prime Crime Book / published by arrangement with the author