title: Blood Relative
author: Richard Tortorici
description: Richard Tortoricis short stories of mystery and suspense have been published in numerous magazines and periodicals across the country. He is a retired school administrator from the New York City and Edgemont school districts and is currently living in Glen Cove, Long Island. This is his first published novel.
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  HEART DOCTORS 4
  
    
    
    
  
  > > CARLY KEENE
  
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  Copyright 2020 Carly Keene. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be
  reproduced in any form or by any electronic or mechanical means including
  information storage and retrieval systems, without written permission from the
  author. The only exception is that short excerpts may be quoted in a review.
  
  Cover designed by DesignRans at Fiverr.com.
  
  This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents
  either are products of the author's imagination or are used fictitiously. Any
  resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely
  coincidental.
  
  > >  _For the fabulous Wade who is not my cousin. (Nice pants.)_
  
  > > Contents
  
    
  
  Title Page
  
  Copyright
  
  Dedication
  
  ONE
  
  TWO
  
  THREE
  
  FOUR
  
  FIVE
  
  SIX
  
  SEVEN
  
  EIGHT
  
  NINE
  
  Epilogue
  
  THANK YOU!
  
  COMING SOON
  
  About the Author
  
  Also by Carly Keene
  
  > > ONE
  
  > >  _June_
  
  One kiss.