Table of Contents
Shot in the Dark
Copyright
Acknowledgments
Synopsis:
Disclaimer:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
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Shot in the Dark
A Blackbridge Security Novel
Marie James
Copyright
Shot in the Dark: A Blackbridge Security Novel
Copyright © 2020 Marie James
Editing by Marie James Betas & Ms. K Edits
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This book is a work of fiction. The names, characters, places, and incidents are products of the writer’s imagination or have been used fictitiously and are not to be construed as real. Any resemblance to persons, living or dead, actual events, locale, or organizations is entirely coincidental.
Cover Credit: Najla with Qamber Designs and Media
Acknowledgments
I LOVE this part!
I have a SQUAD of people that help get each and every book ready to be published! Without them all of this would be impossible!
Christine, you are AMAZING! You keep my on my toes when I know more often than not you want to throw something at my head! Thanks for sticking with me!
Mary you’re the best! Thank you for edits and perspective and getting my books in tip-top shape!
My amazing BETAs, you gals are my everything! Brenda, Laura, MaRanda, Michelle, Shannon, and Sarah, I couldn’t do this without your help!
My husband…thank you for taking over virtual school so I can concentrate on getting my word counts in. You’re the real MVP!
Shout out to Wildfire Marketing And RRR Promotions for helping with this release!
To my ARC team, you ladies lift me up and give me the drive to keep writing! Thank you for your kind words and being the spot checkers for my final draft!
If I missed anyone, blame it on the pandemic and my crazy writing schedule…my brain is fried!
Until next time! Keep it safe, sane, and consensual!
~Marie James
Synopsis:
As an IT expert and hacker extraordinaire, Wren Nelson is no stranger to discovering all sorts of secrets online.
He’s a warrior… when he’s behind his computer, that is.
And awkward at best in social situations.
His long hours with Blackbridge Security don’t really provide many opportunities to go out and meet people.
So what is he supposed to do when a wrong delivery—a questionably large box of bedroom toys—ends up in his hands instead of its intended target?
Online stalking has always been his go-to to accumulate information on people, but only seeing Whitney through digital displays isn’t enough. Approaching her doesn’t seem like the best plan either.
What he doesn’t know is that this woman is possibly the only one in existence able to give him a run for his money.
Disclaimer:
Shot in the Dark overlaps with Hostile Territory: Blackbridge Security book 1 by about a month. Although each book is a different couple, the books are interconnected, which means you will get more of Deacon and Anna’s story as Wren is finding his happily ever after.
Also, Wren is a computer guy, and like many of us who go digging into that super cute IG model’s pages trying to get the scoop on him, he does the same with Whitney in this book. He watches video footage of her in public areas, and he’s going to discover quite a few secrets by invading her IP address. Let’s call him an online detective (which he sort of is for work), but he takes things to the extreme when it comes to this woman he can’t seem to keep his mind off of.
I mean, don’t you think it’s pertinent that he discovers her love for tacos? It’s his favorite food, after all. At any rate, he’s just trying to figure out if he’s compatible with her before he makes his move.
Haven’t started the series yet? Grab book one Hostile Territory HERE! I promise you won’t be disappointed.
Chapter 1
Wren
“Nana!” I sigh as I climb into my car juggling the box I just picked up from the front desk of my apartment complex along with the carrier Puff Daddy is in.
Puff makes it safely to the passenger seat, but the box tumbles to the floorboard, the contents making so much noise, I’m left wondering if I’ve ruined it before I even have the chance to open it.
“The entire situation is just so very sad,” my grandmother continues as if I haven’t been trying to get her attention for the last five minutes.
She’s not hard of hearing, even in her old age. She suffers from selective hearing, meaning if she doesn’t want to listen to reasoning—something that happens more often than not—she pulls the I’m eighty-four, what did you say dear card. Only today, she isn’t even giving me the opportunity to reword my last statement.
“Wouldn’t you agree?”
I have an opening. She’s finally giving me the chance to voice my opinion on the matter, but like many times before, it feels like a trap. I could just agree and move on with my day, but after her heartfelt post earlier on social media and my position as the IT specialist—and talented hacker—for Blackbridge Security, I feel an innate responsibility to correct the issue, not that people on her “friends list” have any clue what I do for a living. According to Nana, I sit at a computer all day making it possible for Deacon Black, that gorgeous young man with the weight of the world on his shoulders, to stay organized.
“He doesn’t need a heart transplant,” I inform her, not for the first time since I called her earlier.
“It’s obvious he does, dear.” Now it’s her turn
