The Real Mrs. Price (34 page)

“Whatever you want,” he whispered after breaking the seal of his kiss. “Whatever you need, Marlowe, if I can give it to you, I will. If I can be it for you, I'll be it.”

She wanted to tell him to stop. Stop the killing. Stop working for people who paid him to kill. She wanted to tell him, but Marlowe knew better. He wouldn't stop. Not until he was good and ready. It was the nature of him. Marlowe could accept it. Or she could let him go.

“Can I come inside?” he whispered, holding her close.

She stepped back, stared long and hard at his handsome face, took hold of one of his big old hands, and sighed.
Your head, Marlowe.
“You hungry?” she asked, leading him inside. “I've got some chicken in the refrigerator.”

 

ALSO BY
J. D. MASON

And on the Eighth Day She Rested

One Day I Saw a Black King

Don't Want No Sugar

This Fire Down in My Soul

You Gotta Sin to Get Saved

That Devil's No Friend of Mine

Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It

Somebody Pick Up My Pieces

Beautiful, Dirty, Rich

Drop Dead, Gorgeous

Crazy, Sexy, Revenge

 

About the Author

J. D. Mason
is the author of
Crazy, Sexy, Revenge; Drop Dead, Gorgeous; Beautiful, Dirty, Rich; Somebody Pick Up My Pieces; Take Your Pleasure Where You Find It; That Devil's No Friend of Mine; You Gotta Sin to Get Saved; This Fire Down in My Soul; Don't Want No Sugar; And on the Eighth Day She Rested;
and
One Day I Saw a Black King
. She lives in Denver, Colorado, with her two children. You can sign up for email updates
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Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Drowning on Dry Land

Six Months Later …

Bone Talk

The Ritual Begins

Shaking This Tree

To Be Well

Sharpen Your Knife

Never, Ever Break Down

Hold Back the River

Black Gypsy

Where You Hide

Can't Buy a Thrill

Belly of the Whale

Fresh Poison

Clear a Space

Open Your Eyes

Hungry Work

It's Still Burning

When I'm Alone with You

Then I'm Cool

You Go Hard

Life Got in Between

In the Stable

The Faithful

Taking in the Shape

Bad Moon

Tell You My Sins

Like a Dog

By Moonlight

Born Sick

Worshipped

Against the Tide

Wash Out the Pain

Go Through Hell

Evil Coming Through

Creepin' In

The One You Need

You Go Hard

Keeps Me Awake

But Your Ghost

Worship Her

Poison

True Face

To the River

Another Skin

Close to Me

Deathless Death

Keeps Me Awake

I Never Learned

Be Well

Let Us Wander

A Sacrifice

In Another You

One Month Later …

Let Me Give You My Life

Also by J. D. Mason

About the Author

Copyright

 

This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously.

THE REAL MRS. PRICE.
Copyright © 2016 by J. D. Mason. All rights reserved. For information, address St. Martin's Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

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First Edition: May 2016