About
185 Words
About
We made a promise to each other. To leave each other alone.
But when a woman who upholds the laws meets the man who makes up his own, what did we expect?
The answer: Not love...
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I knew the day I met Penelope Castalano that the only thing harder than the head on my shoulders was the one below my belt.
Sandwiched somewhere between following the law and my own instincts, I learned to make up my own rules in the game of “private investigations”: my not-so-secret version of the Holy Trinity.
Sex.
Career.
And more s*x.
Until she shows up again.
Fresh from Paris, my best friend’s attorney breaks the only deal we’ve ever made, sauntering back onto the Manhattan scene at a costume party with more to hide than just her face.
And now one fugitive best friend and two broken promises will ignite a new Holy Trinity in my hazardous life.
Caught in the midst of a government coverup that compromises everything I've ever cared for, I soon discover that certain scandals never die.
Only their victims do.
And I'd better make damn sure that Penelope and I aren’t next…
Previously published as UP IN SMOKE
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