title: Emma Brewster: Too Hot to Handle
author:  Mary Moriarty 
description: I live and work on the coast of Maine. My office window looks out onto trees that at this moment are turning beautiful colors. I have cats who sometimes show up in my books. A demented chihuahua named Max that has also shown up in one of my books. I love to read and I have to write. Too many days of not writing tends to make me crabby. I love hearing from my readers. Contact me at my author page at Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/Author.Romance http://marymoriarty.com http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Moriarty/e/B008MHW830/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1 https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/352794
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  [CHAPTER FIVE](../Text/T-4.html#toc_marker-9)
  
  
  LET ME GET THIS STRAIGHT,” SARAH SAID AS SHE stared at Emma. “A homeless man
  attacked your friend? And you think he’s the same man who took Julia?”
  
  
  They were in Dean’s hotel room. A high-rise, too-fancy place that made Emma
  feel uncomfortable. I don’t belong here. Her arms were wrapped tightly around
  her stomach, and chill bumps covered her arms. “He’s not homeless. He just
  wanted us to think that he was.” Talk about a great cover. The sneaky bastard.
  “That’s probably how he got to Julia in the first place. She didn’t think he
  was a threat, not until it was too late.”
  
  
  Dean had his shoulders propped up against the wall, and he was watching her
  with a too-intent gaze from across the room.
  
  
  Wade sat next to Sarah, a little too close. Intimately close.
  
  
  I have to start paying attention to everything. I was too rusty. If I’d been
  paying more attention back at The Mask, Lisa would still be alive.
  
  
  She swiped her hand over her cheek