Then You Hide by Roxanne St. Claire

[Jonetta]

When Bullet Catcher Wade Cordell is offered a cushy assignment to track down a woman on vacation in the Caribbean and persuade her to meet her birth mother, the secret ops sharpshooter decides it's the perfect antidote to his stressful job. Except spirited and sassy Vanessa Porter isn't on vacation, she's on a hunt for a friend who has disappeared. Wade's news doesn't faze a woman who swims with the sharks on Wall Street -- Vanessa knows she's adopted and has no intention of meeting or helping the woman who gave her up in a black market scheme. But as it becomes clear that her missing friend is deep in hiding and deeper in trouble, Vanessa strikes a shaky bargain with the sexy bodyguard who's an expert at finding people who don't want to be found. How high a price will she have to pay the Bullet Catcher willing to put his life on the line for her? Will she sacrifice her pride . . . her heart . . . even her life?

Setting
Charleston, South Carolina 1978
Astor Cove, New York (Summer 2008)
Port Zante, St. Kitts
Basseterre, St. Kitts
Nevis
St. Bart's

Prologue
21 Chapters

Character List
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Wade Cordell: Former Marine sniper working for Lucy as a consultant for special projects. She's trying to recruit him for Bullet Catchers. His family calls him Billy Wade. He's 6' with blond hair and blue eyes.
Vanessa Porter: One of the women who could possibly be Eileen's daughter. She's a vice president and director of mergers and acquisitions for Razor Partners LLC, a money manager in Manhattan. She's 31-years old, tall with blond hair.
Jack Culver: Former Bullet Catcher fired by Lucy. He's a private investigator and has asked for help in finding Eileen Stafford's daughters.
Eileen Stafford: Legal secretary framed for the murder of Wanda Sloan in 1978. She's suffering from leukemia and needs a bone marrow transplant to save her life. Jack is trying to locate her daughters who were illegally adopted at birth.
Lucy Sharpe: Ex-CIA agent and head of the Bullet Catchers. She's six feet tall and has black hair with a silver streak in the front.
Dan Gallagher: Bullet Catcher security specialist. He's a former FBI agent.
Adrien Fletcher: Bullet Catcher. He's engaged to Miranda. He's Australian, 38-years old, 6'1" and has honey colored, shoulder length hair and amber eyes.
Miranda Lang: Former assistant professor of linguistic anthropology at Berkeley and an expert in Maya studies. She's engaged to Adrien. She's 31-years old, 5'6" with blue eyes and dark auburn hair.
Sage Valentine: Heads the Bullet Catcher Research and Investigation Division. Former freelance journalist, she's Lucy Sharpe's niece and lives with Johnny Christiano. She has long blonde hair and green eyes.
Donovan Rush: Bullet Catcher.
Clive Easterbrook: Vanessa's friend and colleague who seems to be missing in St. Kitts.
Wanda Sloane: Legal secretary who Eileen was convicted of murdering.
Willie Gilbert: Former Charleston police officer who arrested Eileen.
Gideon Bones: Owner of Bartholomew Nine, a gay house of prostitution.
Howard Porter: Vanessa's father.
Mary Louise Porter: Vanessa's mother.
Russell Winslow: Clive's ex-boyfriend.
Charlie French: Former co-worker of Vanessa and Clive.
Marcus Razor: Vanessa's boss and owner of Razor Partners, LLC.
Nicholas Vex: Über rich Razor Partners client.
Sarah Clegg: Babe at the Papaya bar in Nevis.
Madeline (Maddie): Babe at the Papaya bar in Nevis.
Stella Feldstein: Woman traveling on the Valhalla who befriends Vanessa.
Jason Brooks: Name Clive used in Nevis.
Henry: Bartender at Papaya's.
Gina: Willie's friend.
Rebecca Aubry: aka Becky Santoulian. Sapphire Trail nurse.
Risa: Eileen's nurse in the prison infirmary.
Kristen Carpenter: Suspected to be Eileen's third child.
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Spoiler Info
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Charlie was a woman brutally murdered in her apartment the day before Clive disappeared.
Russell worked for the EPA and told Clive about a problem with Vexall that would have them lose billions. He told Charlie, which got her killed.
Russell faked his death. He and Marcus were working together to manipulate the stock market. Russell killed Charlie and Vex and was trying to kill Clive and Vanessa. Gideon had been helping to hide Clive, who he was in love with but in the end, was willing to turn him over to Marcus for $1 million when he realized Clive would never love him.
Wade killed Russell who had already shot Gideon and Marcus. Both lived but Marcus is paralyzed for life.
Clive and Vanessa started their own firm.
Wade joined Bullet Catchers. Vanessa gave her bone marrow to Eileen. The third triplet, Kristen Carpenter, appears to have been murdered.
It also appears that Vanessa's father was murdered by the people who framed Eileen.
Willie Gilbert was killed. (hide spoiler)]