title: Payable On Death: A Jax Rhoades Novel (The Jax Rhoades Series) (Volume 1)
author:  Rachel Rawlings 
description: Rachel Rawlings was born and raised in the Baltimore Metropolitan area. Her family, originally from Rhode Island, spent summers in New England sparking her fascination with Salem, MA. She has been writing fictional stories and poems since middle school, but it wasn't until 2009 that she found the inspiration to create her heroine Maurin Kincaide and complete her first full length novel, The Morrigna. When she isn't writing paranormal romance, psychic romance suspense or about her psychic detective, Rachel can often be found with her nose buried in a good book. An avid reader of Paranormal/Urban Fantasy, Horror and Steampunk herself, Rachel founded Hallowread- an interactive convention for both authors and fans of those genres. More information on Hallowread, its schedule of events and participating authors can be found at www.hallowread.blogspot.com and www.facebook.com/Hallowread. She still lives in Maryland with her husband and three children.
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  # At Last
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Marion Harland
  
  
  This page copyright © 2002 Munsey's.
  
  
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  CHAPTER I. DEWLESS ROSES.
  
  
  CHAPTER II. AN EXCHANGE OF CONFIDENCES.
  
  
  CHAPTER III. UNWHOLESOME VAPORS.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. "FOUNDED UPON A ROCK."
  
  
  CHAPTER V. CLEAN HANDS.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. CRAFT--OR DIPLOMACY!
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. WASSAIL.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. THE FACE AT THE WINDOW.
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. HE DEPARTETH IN DARKNESS.
  
  
  CHAPTER X. ROSA.
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. IN THE REBOUND.
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. AUNT RACHEL WAXES UNCHARITABLE.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. JULIUS LENNOX.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. "BORN DEAD."
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. THE GOOD SAMARITAN.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. THE HONEST HOUR.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. AFTER FIFTEEN YEARS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. THUNDER IN THE AIR.
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX. NEMESIS.
  
  
  CHAPTER XX. INDIAN SUMMER.
  
  
  
  
  
  
      
  
  
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