Bringing Her Home

By Teri Riggs

Thomas Raintree has never been able to erase the memory of Jessica, his onetime partner, and the only woman he would ever love. He blamed himself after she almost died during an FBI raid and ran away from her and everything they'd shared together. Now Jess has been taken by human traffickers and he's not about to let anyone else find her and bring her home.

 

Jessica Lane had been dumped by the love of her life, Tommy, after she was seriously injured during an FBI field op. While she was in surgery fighting for her life, Tommy had taken off without so much as a see-you-later alligator, a kiss my ass, or a so long sucker.

 

After giving up on love she'd thrown herself into her job. When a friend disappears, Jess decides to find her on her own. Instead, she ends up the victim of human sex slave traffickers.

 

Now, Tommy must find Jess before her buyer comes for her. Jess must fight to stay alive until she finds a way out.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Teri Riggs
• Release date: Jun 21, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201450229

Book preview

PROLOGUE

TOMMY

W e’re going to die! Jess yelled.

Not today, darlin! I shouted over the noisy report of bullets flying around us. We’ve got this!

You should break the news to the asshats shooting at us, Tommy. They obviously haven’t received the memo.

We returned a steady stream of fire, taking out more traffickers. We’d been ambushed, and the rest of our team were down. I had no clue if my FBI team was dead or alive. I saw Jazz move his hand once. The other two? Not a muscle twitch or response to our shout outs. Not a good sign at all.

"Dammit, Tommy. What happened to our simple take down?"

Fuck if I know. I fired a couple more rounds, wishing I had my sniper rifle. My guess? Someone in the Bureau sold us out.

My thoughts too, Jess said.

Nobody liked to admit people they trust would betray them. My shock at being ambushed turned to anger.

I reloaded my Sig, took aim, and fired again.

Ten more minutes ticked by. I estimated three or four men were left firing at us. At the first break in the shooting, I rushed the remaining shooters. I nailed two of them, and Jess, who’d followed, took out two.

I’ll check on our guys. You take care of these bastards, Jess said, pointing at the dead men.

Will there be a reward for my good behavior? I tease. Like maybe sex?

Oh my God, Tommy. That’s so inappropriate. She laughs and winks at me. When we get home, that’s the plan.

Yeah, inappropriate, but I wanted to see one more smile from Jess before this nightmare gets worse. Our team members are likely dead, and she’ll take it hard.

I kicked one of the trafficker’s boots.

Dead.

Before Jess took two steps, she turned around and gave me a thumbs up. That’s when another one of the dead bastards rose, pointing his gun in my direction. He’d had a fucking Kevlar vest on.

Jess knocks into me, at the same time firing her weapon. She nailed the shooter’s forehead, dead center. He dropped like a sack of bricks, a look of shock blanketing his face. Next to me, Jess hit the dirt.

I offered her a hand up. Dammit, Jess, you’ve got to be careful. I was ready to fire when you knocked into me. I could’ve shot you.

She looked at me, her eyes glassy. Couldn’t take a chance, Tommy. I could never live without you.

Her voice was weak, and I couldn’t pull her to her feet. What the fuck, Jess? My heart began to beat harder. I could feel and hear the blood rushing faster through my veins.

That’s when I saw blood running though the fingers of the hand she held over her belly. The woman I loved more than anything in the world had been shot trying to protect me while I’d been too busy making jokes about sex to notice what was going on around me.

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TOMMY

TWO YEARS LATER…

I, Former FBI Agent turned CPD Bureau of Organized Crime detective, Thomas Raintree, am making slow, sweet love to my beautiful Jess. I alternated running my hand and tongue over her perfect breasts, tweaking her nipples into hard pebbles. Her heavy breathing spurred me on, making my erection harder than granite. My dick was about to explode.

I love you, darlin’. So damned much. I walked my fingers from her breasts and down her torso until I hit the spot