Nobody Does It Better

JENNIFER LABRECQUE

Литагент HarperCollins EUR

Gorgeous undercover spy Gage is in Venice tracking a notorious agent. And he’s keeping her under his up-close and personal surveillance!But the more he gets to know Holly, the more he knows she isn’t his target. Except in bed, that is…

Nobody Does It Better

Jennifer LaBrecque

www.millsandboon.co.uk (http://www.millsandboon.co.uk)

JENNIFER LABRECQUE

After a varied career path that included waitress, corporate number cruncher and bug-business maven, Jennifer LaBrecque found her true calling writing contemporary romance. Named 2001 Notable New Author of the Year and 2002 winner of the prestigious Maggie Award for Excellence, she is also a two-time RITA

Award finalist. Jennifer lives in suburban Atlanta with her husband, an active daughter, one really bad cat, two precocious greyhounds and a chihuahua who runs the whole show.

Dear Reader,

I was thrilled to get a chance to set a love story in what I consider one of the most hauntingly romantic cities in the world, Venice. And, of course, a special city demanded a special hero. Enter Gage carswell, British agent – tall, dark, sexy and as elegantly sophisticated as Venice itself – who’s assigned to stop an international threat. What kind of heroine finds herself in Venice? Enter Holly Smith, a rather ordinary schoolteacher from Atlanta, Georgia, in search of her long-lost mother. Stir the pot with a case of mistaken identity and a generous splash of espionage and you’ve got Nobody Does It Better.

While writing this story I laughed, cried and fell in love with a beautiful city all over again, even as I watched Gage and Holly fall in love. I’ve taken licence to create fictional streets, restaurants and businesses just because it’s easier that way and as the writer, well, I can. I hope you enjoy the result.

I’d love to hear from you. Drop by my website at www.jenniferlabrecque.com to check out my daily blog and www.soapboxqueens.com where Rhonda Nelson, Vicki Lewis Thompson and I blog about this, that and the other.

Happy reading…

Jennifer LaBrecque

To the guys and gals who show up at the Soapbox Queens blog (www.soapboxqueens.com).

Y’all are the best.

Table of Contents

Cover (#u649f75b3-ecea-528f-bb53-53d3a35430d6)

Title Page (#uadc6648f-9046-5dfb-a950-96acd2195e9f)

About the Author (#ucef50884-ace2-5d1c-acf2-a5362505099b)

Dedication (#ue2a95ed8-b79c-5bd7-b73b-bdc2da5e7171)

Chapter One (#u98fc1950-4fe3-54bf-948f-a066bc440ea2)

Chapter Two (#ufc1c441a-894a-5616-ab61-507ba142c5a9)

Chapter Three (#u7ada36f0-abee-5f4c-be94-905206d6dcbe)

Chapter Four (#u6c3a6e05-860d-58d0-82be-f4505dc2c3cc)

Chapter Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Epilogue (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

1

“IT LOOKS AS IF WE’LL BE flying with clear skies tonight out of Atlanta and across the pond. We expect to have you in London by 8:00 a.m. tomorrow morning, their time.”

Holly Smith relaxed her grip on the armrest. She was flying. Yes, indeed. Maybe she shouldn’t have ordered that third glass of wine at the airport bar, but she had a pleasant buzz going and she wouldn’t be nearly as relaxed otherwise. So far, flying wasn’t as bad as she’d imagined it might be.

Despite what her ex-boyfriend Greg had said, she was not a neurotic mess. So she had some quirks. Who didn’t? Who cared if she checked her silverware for cleanliness in a restaurant before she used it, and had brought along her own blo