Cut and Run 4 - Divide and Conquer

Readers are raving about Madeleine Urban & Abigail Roux‟s
    CUT & RUN SERIES

    Cut & Run
    “Ty and Zane were so heartbreakingly beautiful and so realistic that these two
    will go down as two of the most fascinating characters written in this genre.”
    —Literary Nymphs

    “The plot was a stroke of genius….”
    —Erotic Horizon

    “An action-packed, angst-filled story where the sparks fly around Ty and
    Zane both in and out of bed.”
    —Joyfully Reviewed

    “A touching erotic romance as well as an intriguing murder mystery.”
    —Romance Junkies

    Sticks & Stones
    “I was slightly infatuated with Ty and Zane after reading Cut & Run , but I fell
    in love with them in Sticks & Stones .”
    —Joyfully Reviewed

    “I didn‟t think it was possible to top Cut & Run , which is an awesome book,
    but Sticks & Stones is right there with it. You definitely do want to read it.”
    —Rainbow Reviews

    “Filled with moments both brutal and tender, Sticks & Stones is a fast,
    compelling read, and I can‟t wait for the next chapter in Ty and Zane‟s saga.”
    —Night Owl Reviews

    Fish & Chips
    “This is the third book in the series and each one just keeps getting better.”
    —The Romance Studio

    “This is one of my favorite series in the whole wide world…”
    —Dark Divas Reviews

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    THE CUT & RUN SERIES BY
    MADELEINE URBAN AND ABIGAIL ROUX

    Cut & Run
    Sticks & Stones
    Fish & Chips
    Divide & Conquer

    OTHER BOOKS BY
    MADELEINE URBAN AND ABIGAIL ROUX

    Caught Running
    Love Ahead
    Warrior‟s Cross

    BY ABIGAIL ROUX

    According to Hoyle
    The Archer
    My Brother‟s Keeper
    A Tale from de Rode
    Unrequited

    BY MADELEINE URBAN

    Far From Home
    Man of Mystery
    The One That Got Away (with Rhianne Aile)
    Snowed In (with Rhianne Aile)
    Sutcliffe Cove (with Ariel Tachna)

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    This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the
    author‟s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or
    dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

    Divide & Conquer
    Copyright © 2011 by Madeleine Urban and Abigail Roux

    Cover Design by Mara McKennen

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    ISBN: 978-1-61581-715-3

    Printed in the United States of America
    First Edition
    October 2011

    eBook edition available
    eBook ISBN: 978-1-61581-716-0

    For all of those who keep going,
    even when they can‟t see the light.

    Divide & Conquer | 1

    Chapter One

    CUED by the station jingle, the lights came up on the television
    newscast set, highlighting a slim, pleasant-faced black woman in a
    white blouse and green suit jacket sitting at the desk and tall, smiling
    man wearing a charcoal gray suit. The station logo appeared on the
    screen. “This is WBAL TV 11 News at 6. I‟m Jeff Barns.”
    “And I‟m Alicia Harrison. Good evening.”
    The camera focused on Harrison as a photo of a police car on fire
    appeared over her left shoulder. “Riots shook the city last night
    following the Ravens‟ loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers in the divisional
    round playoff. It was the third riot since New Year‟s Eve, and the
    violence continues to escalate. Andrea Gregg has more on the story.”
    A siren cut to a night shot of a police car burning. People ran in
    front of it, taking photos and yelling as firefighters worked to douse the
    flames. The windows in the store behind them were smashed, glass
    scattered everywhere. A teenager was kicking in a final window in the
    background.
    “For the third time in a month, residents of Baltimore have woken
    up to a city in ruins.”
    The sound of glass shards crackling and dragging on concrete
    accompanied the shot change. An older, balding man was sweeping up
    glass in front of a store.
    “They ransacked the place,” the man, identified by the title cards
    as Store Owner Steve Vilnick , said. “This is