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Heat Lightning

by Wilene Shaw

in Three Aces: A Trio of Ace Books

Holly Reed has been raised rough in the Kentucky hills and knows a lot more about men than her young years would indicate. She certainly knows that Brandy Elliot, the local bootlegger, is interested in her. He makes that plain enough. But she doesn’t know love. Until the stranger comes to town, looking for a cabin. There’s something about him that attracts Holly. She gladly agrees to help clean for him just to be near him. But the city-bred Larry Carter is not all he seems. There is someone else in town that shares a past with him. And soon Brandy gets an eyeful when he keeps watch on Larry’s cabin. The hills already know lust, but before long, they will know violence as well.