An Untouchable Christmas

By Cindy Skaggs

Sofia Capri survived life as a mob wife, but living with drop-dead gorgeous FBI agent Logan Stone has its own challenges. Step one? Host his family for Christmas dinner.

Rescuing Sofia from her former mob life and saving her kidnapped son was enough to earn Logan a place in her life, but a mysterious phone call before dinner threatens the security he'd give anything to provide.

When Sofia's son and Logan's nieces disappear from the festivities, the illusion of a normal Christmas shatters, hurling Sofia back into her nightmares.

The Untouchable series is best enjoyed in order:
Book #1 Untouchable
Book #2 An Untouchable Christmas, novella
Book #3 Unforgettable
Book #4 Unstoppable

• Language: English
• Publisher: Macmillan Publishers
• Release date: Nov 14, 2016
• ISBN: 9781633758025

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Chapter Seven

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is coincidental.

Copyright © 2016 by Cindy Skaggs. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce, distribute, or transmit in any form or by any means. For information regarding subsidiary rights, please contact the Publisher.

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First Edition November 2016

To G: for love and laughter, for that last perfect Christmas, and your cranberry sauce.

Chapter One

Sofia slipped down the stairs with twinkles from the Christmas tree lighting the way. A Colorado blue spruce filled the front window, its spicy pine scent reminding her of mountain running trails. Freedom. Best smell in the world. The tree reached nearly to the top of the cathedral ceiling, far taller than she’d wanted, but Logan had insisted, and once he’d gotten Eli on board, there had been no denying them.

The memory of those two begging with their exaggerated puppy-dog pouts warmed her to her toes. They got along like Woody and Buzz from Toy Story, because once Logan took off his suit and tie, he donned a child’s sense of wonder. The comic book posters in his town house should have warned her, but his playful side still surprised her. The FBI agent was all laser-sharp focus at work, but that’s not the way Logan lived. He was a blue jeans and T-shirt, crawling on the floor with Eli kind of man. The sight of them playing together still had the power to steal her breath.

The miracle of a second-chance love continually amazed her. She and Logan were still learning each other, little and big, and every aspect of him drew her deeper. Highly intelligent, he had a protective streak as wide as the Grand Canyon, but he never tried to control. Such a calm, reasonable man was a gift—the only one she needed this Christmas.

But she wouldn’t turn down a call from her best friend. Vicki had faded away after the failed kidnapping earlier in the year, but it was time to put the drama behind them. Sofia unplugged her cell phone and dialed. The call went straight to voicemail, so she left a one-line message: Come for Christmas dinner or call. The or else was implied.

Sofia padded to the kitchen in silence. The need for stealth might have diminished with her crazy ex-husband out of the picture, but the silence had stayed like a scar that itched, so she flipped the sound system on low so she wouldn’t wake Eli. The muted holiday songs gave her comfort as she prepared the turkey and slid it in the oven.

Hosting Christmas dinner tied her stomach in knots. Servants and caterers had handled her ex-husband’s holiday bash every year. Before that, Sofia’s grandmother had done the honors. Never in her life had Sofia cooked a turkey, let alone everything that went with it. She must have been out of her mind to agree, to send out invitations, but it had been time to move past a life of isolation, and so she’d invited a few new friends from a book group she’d joined, Vicki—who had sent her regrets—and Logan’s family.

God, what was wrong with her? No part of her life had prepared her for a traditional Christmas dinner with a real family.

She braced her arms on the sink and leaned over, afraid she might puke. She’d only met his family once, and now she was suddenly inviting them to Christmas dinner. That meant his parents, his sister and her family, plus two of Logan’s friends, and two from the book group. Thirteen with Eli, Logan, and Sofia.

The moment he grabbed her from behind, a jolt spiked her nerves. She let out a squeal and half jumped into the sink, knocking her knees into the lower cabinet. You scared me.

Logan’s sigh ruffled her hair as he wrapped warm hands around her waist. I can’t wait for the day you don’t jump every time I touch you.

I don’t. Her back stiffened. She couldn’t help herself. Holiday meal planning had her nerves strung tight, and she couldn’t shake the dread that something worse was coming. No matter that the men who kidnapped her son were dead and gone, evil still existed. The mob didn’t go away. You surprised me. I didn’t realize you were up.

Did you know it was me? he asked, voice sleepy and gruff.

She did know, but for a second the past slapped her, reminding her of the ugly ghosts of Christmases past. For a second… She shrugged. You knew I had… What? Anxiety? Panic attacks? Issues.

Don’t. I’m not judging you. He gripped her waist tightly. I’m telling you what I want. I want your trust.

I do trust you. He’d saved her and Eli last summer when a mob territory dispute turned deadly. A rival arranged Eli’s kidnapping, and her ex wouldn’t cede territory to save their son, but Logan had risked it all to save them, so she trusted him with her life. She’d given him her love, which for her