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supposed to do? Run over
it?”
    Cynamon was a life taken
before her time—much too young by angel standards to be left on her
own. As a former honky-tonk angel, she had to earn her way by
watching over her assignments, especially since she’d lived by
questionable standards. Tonight, she chose to watch over the lone
vehicle on the road instead of the small curly-haired child safely
asleep in her bed.
    “ You strayed
from your charge, Cyn.” Abraham throws his hands up in frustration.
“I knew one day this would happen. Why must you always go against
the rules? I hate to think what’s going to happen to you
now.”
    Cyn concentrates on the
wreck below, tuning out his lecture as she searches for signs of
life, hoping maybe she’ll hear more than the static holiday music.
She tries to brush away the thought that there’ll be no ambulance,
no help for the poor soul in the truck. He’ll be found too
late.
    “ Bella.”
    She jerks an ear forward,
edging nearer to the end of her seat. Faint, very faint. Breathing.
Mumbling, a man’s voice. He is alive!
    “ Abraham, did
you hear?” She turns to her guardian, hoping he heard the sounds,
too. He didn’t see the phantom, but surely, he heard the penitent
man’s voice. “He’s still alive. We can save him. You know we
can.”
    Abraham towers over her
as if he didn’t hear her plea. His wingspan would cover the entire
truck if he spread it out fully. “Not we, Cyn. You. Convince this
mortal to fight for his life, and—”
    That’s all she needs to
hear. It seems Abraham is daring her to accept. Who is she to
refuse? Cyn looks up and nods as he envelopes her in his massive
wings.
     

     
    Truck driver Lee Thomas believes his life is
over after the ghost of his wife who died three years ago steps in
front of him and jack-knives his truck on a snowy Wisconsin road on
his way home.
    Cyn Bedford, an angel, must convince him to
fight for his life. She’s broken an angel rule and has fallen in
love with her charge.
    Will Cyn truly be Lee’s Road Angel for
life?
     
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    THE
QUEEN
    Contemporary Paranormal by Maxine Douglas
     
     

Chapter One
     
    Well Cole
Masterson, you’re in for the adventure of your life I murmured to myself as my taxi
travelled south down the 710 Freeway through the mid-afternoon
traffic toward the Queen Mary. Now I’d be able to solve the family
mystery regarding my great-grandfather, the gold locket, and Hanna.
Who was Hanna? By the end of this mission I hoped to know. Palm
trees, sunshine and sandy beaches, everything that makes Southern
California a haven to those who come to play. For me playing is the
last thing on my mind. Ghost hunting occupies it more times than
not, and the Queen Mary is the perfect spot to exercise those
inclinations and thoughts.
    Turning onto Queens
Highway—formerly Pier J—at the south end of the Long Beach Freeway,
the world’s once largest transatlantic vessel, loomed in front of
me. I knew she’d be large, but I never imagined the magnitude of
her presence. It was as if I could feel the past calling to me.
Climbing out of the taxi, I felt dwarfed by her shadow, and more
intrigued than I wanted to admit being a skeptic.
    I handed over my bags to
the bell captain, and stepped into the elevator outside the ship.
Once on A Deck, I slowly walked through the door and into another
era. An era of 1930s glitz and glamour with a week’s worth of ocean
as a backdrop. The floors gleamed and the shops glimmered with a
long forgotten style. Okay, so we’re basically in dry dock—but we
are surrounded by water and most of it the Pacific Ocean so it felt
like I was about to sail away on a transatlantic
adventure.
    And, strangely, it felt
like coming home as I boarded the ship I’d never stepped foot