Deadly Fate

Amelia Carson, TV hostess

Tommy Marchant, cameraman

Becca Marle, sound technician

Nate Mahoney, fabricator

Misty Blaine, production assistant to Natalie Fontaine

Other Characters

Astrid and Colin, Thor’s sister and brother-in-law

Natasha and Boris, Thor’s huskies

Deadly Fate

Heather Graham

www.millsandboon.co.uk

In loving memory of

my sister

Victoria Graham Davant,

who loved the wonder

and beauty of the

Great State of Alaska

Contents

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Praise (#u3cce007c-be42-52bd-8e6b-6c1404ea7be6)

Cast of Characters (#u96f5b8f5-947e-56b3-870f-17355a55c85b)

Title Page (#ubca1dc06-6a4f-5b5f-9743-ed8c4dbc8270)

Dedication (#ub7be1121-f6fc-5906-abd4-102d4f6f9483)

Chapter 1 (#u96382be6-af08-53bb-8964-13567db2f3e0)

Chapter 2 (#u1793d14d-1508-546d-a55f-08efcd780ab5)

Chapter 3 (#u1e556238-4e1e-5b9e-9f62-b0dc33acf54a)

Chapter 4 (#u8b98ea5b-0472-53ec-ba05-5eba9d42702b)

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Chapter 8 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12 (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13 (#litres_trial_promo)

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Chapter 17 (#litres_trial_promo)

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She lay in beauty.

Heartbreaking beauty, for she was gone.

There was no hope of resuscitation; she was as pale as the snow-white sheets upon which she rested. Her hair was sable brown, the color of soft fur. Her lips had been highlighted with a rich shade of red, and her features were as delicate and lovely as the intricate pattern of a snowflake.

She’d been a victim of the “Fairy Tale Killer,” a man Thor Erikson had been pursuing with his partner, Jackson Crow, for months. The killer had struck in cities from New York City to San Diego, and it was in Los Angeles where they’d caught him at last. He’d been kneeling over, bending down, tenderly touching a corpse—only to turn with a Smith & Wesson pointed directly at Thor and Crow.

Thor had fired first, and then rushed to the pallet upon which the killer had displayed his “Snow White,” knowing full well that they were too late; she was gone, drained of her life’s blood.

Thor could still see her in his mind’s eye, remember when she’d arranged a meeting with him and Crow; he could hear her sincerity as she had expressed concern about a coworker who had been dating a business executive, a man who traveled constantly. Her name had been Mandy Brandt, and she’d been so very worried about her friend, who worked at the tour center with her. He remembered the gentleness of her smile, her eagerness to help in any way...