Night of the Panther Read online

  Suzanne holds up a copy of The Morning After during a signing at Borders. The novel was the first book to hit the New York Times bestseller list, an experience that Suzanne called “thrilling, amazing, and unexpected.” The romantic thriller also hit top spots on lists at USA Today, Waldenbooks, and Barnes & Noble.

  Suzanne and her writing group, brainstorming at the beach. From left to right: Olga Bicos, Lou Kaku, Jill Marie Landis, Lou Herter, Suzanne Forster, and Meryl Sawyer. Meeting monthly, the group discussed craft and story ideas. With rare exceptions, the meetings sparked ideas for nearly all of Suzanne’s books.

  All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this ebook onscreen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of the publisher.

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

  copyright © 1992 by Suzanne Forster

  cover design by Karen Horton

  978-1-4532-2034-4

  This edition published in 2011 by Open Road Integrated Media

  180 Varick Street

  New York, NY 10014

  www.openroadmedia.com

  Table of Contents

  Cover

  Title Page

  Acknowledgments

  Contents

  Chapter Prologue

  Chapter One

  Chapter Two

  Chapter Three

  Chapter Four

  Chapter Five

  Chapter Six

  Chapter Seven

  Chapter Eight

  Chapter Nine

  Chapter Ten

  Chapter Eleven

  Epilogue

  Biography

  Copyright