Wicked Games (Hartley Grace Featherstone Mysteries Book 3) by Gemma Halliday (books for students to read TXT) 📕

"Thanks for coming by," I told him.

He nodded, looking like he had more to say. "You gonna be in school tomorrow?" he asked.

I shrugged. "I plan to be. Why?"

Again he looked like there was something on his mind, but he was having a hard time putting it into words. "Just wondered. Thought maybe we could do something after school."

"Something?" I asked, cocking an eyebrow at him.

He grinned. "Maybe I could buy you an ice cream or something. I mean, you kinda did save my life."

"Ellen saved our lives. I was the reason Sophia knocked you out," I reminded him.

He took a step closer to me. So close I could feel the warmth radiating off his skin and smell the brand of fabric softener his mom used. Bounce. Though it smelled so much more enticing on him than it did in our laundry room.

"Hartley," he said softly. "It wasn't your fault."

I sucked in a breath. I was suddenly hyper aware of his every movement. I parted my lips to respond, but before I had a chance, he leaned in. His lips moved toward mine, brushing against them ever so softly. So softly I thought I might have imagined it. I was still sort of in a dreamy state as he pulled away.

I blinked, so many sensations rushing through my body that my skin tingled and I was swaying on my feet a little.

Chase sent me a lopsided grin again, seemingly unfazed. "You. Me. Ice cream tomorrow?"

I just nodded dumbly as he stepped off the porch.

"Good," he told me, walking backward toward his car parked at the curb. "Looking forward to it, Featherstone."

He wasn't the only one.

I watched him get into his car and, with a cloud of exhaust scented smoke, roar away before I finally felt like I could breathe again.

Me. Chase. Ice cream.

And that kiss.

Oh boy, was I looking forward to it.

* * * * *

FREE BOOK OFFER

Want to get an email alert when the next book by Gemma Halliday is available?

Sign up for my newsletter today

and as a bonus receive a FREE ebook!

* * * * *

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

Gemma Halliday is the #1 Amazon, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author of several mystery series. Gemma's books have received numerous awards, including a Golden Heart, two National Reader's Choice awards, three RITA nominations, a RONE award for best mystery, and two Killer Nashville Silver Falchion Awards for best cozy mystery and readers' choice. She currently lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her large, loud, and loving family.

To learn more about Gemma, visit her online at http://www.gemmahalliday.com

 

 

USA Today bestselling author, Jennifer Fischetto watches too much TV and movies, which fuel her never-ending supply of plot ideas, and is a rabid fan of suspense, horror, and everything supernatural. She lives in Western Mass with her family and a ridiculously large black cat and is currently working on her next project.

Jennifer is the author of the Gianna Mancini Mysteries, several of the Jamie Bond Mysteries, and other stand alone mystery novels, as well as being a contributor to the Danger Cove Mysteries.

To learn more about Jennifer Fischetto, visit her online at: http://jenniferfischetto.com

* * * * *

BOOKS BY GEMMA HALLIDAY

 

Hartley Grace Featherstone Mysteries:

Deadly Cool

Killer Looks

Wicked Games

 

High Heels Mysteries:

Spying in High Heels

Killer in High Heels

Undercover in High Heels

Christmas in High Heels (short story)

Alibi in High Heels

Mayhem in High Heels

Honeymoon in High Heels (novella)

Sweetheart in High Heels (short story)

Fearless in High Heels

Danger in High Heels

Homicide in High Heels

Deadly in High Heels

Suspect in High Heels

Peril in High Heels

Jeopardy in High Heels

Wine & Dine Mysteries:

A Sip Before Dying

Chocolate Covered Death

Victim in the Vineyard

Marriage, Merlot & Murder

Death in Wine Country

Fashion, Rosé & Foul Play

Death in Wine Country

 

Hollywood Headlines Mysteries:

Hollywood Scandals

Hollywood Secrets

Hollywood Confessions

Hollywood Holiday (short story)

Hollywood Deception

Hollywood Homicide

Hollywood Revenge

 

Jamie Bond Mysteries:

Unbreakable Bond

Secret Bond

Bond Bombshell (short story)

Lethal Bond

Dangerous Bond

Bond Ambition (short story)

Fatal Bond

Deadly Bond

 

Marty Hudson Mysteries:

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Brash Blonde

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Disappearing Diva

Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Wealthy Widow

Tahoe Tessie Mysteries:

Luck Be A Lady

Hey Big Spender

Baby It's Cold Outside (short story)

Other Works:

Play Dead

Viva Las Vegas

A High Heels Haunting (novella)

Watching You (short story)

Confessions of a Bombshell Bandit (short story)

 

SNEAK PEEK

 

of the first next Marty Hudson/Sherlock Holmes Mystery

SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE CASE OF THE BRASH BLONDE

a USA Today bestselling and RONE award winning novel!

by

GEMMA HALLIDAY

&

KELLY REY

CHAPTER ONE

"'How long has the subject been dead?' This is the question most commonly asked in the field of forensic pathology." The speaker paused to survey the lecture hall before moving to his next slide. A collective gasp rose at the sight of a human skull partially obscured by profuse vegetation.

Lightweights.

I sat forward, my attention rapt. The girl beside me muttered "Gross!" and went back to Candy Crush on her phone.

I tried not to roll my eyes at her. Well, I sorta tried. The guest speaker was only Dr. Bennett Osterman, one of the best in the field. His curriculum vitae was probably longer than any book Miss Candy Crush had ever read. I silently wondered how she'd even gotten into Stanford. Probably the offspring of alumni with deep pockets.

"It's sometimes difficult to say," Dr. Osterman went on. "As you can see in this example, postmortem vegetative growth has continued, precipitating the broken orbital bone fragments you see on this slide, which could easily