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Prosecutor Danielle Soto believes her position on the sorority killer task force is a perfect way to advance her career, but her plans don’t include falling hard for a captivating woman who lives in a completely different world. When the investigation and her attraction to Ellen Davenport collide, Danny must choose between the safety of sameness and the peril of the unknown.

Ellen Davenport has secrets, but until Danny Soto entered her life, she hadn’t realized that protecting her privacy would come at such a high price. Can she explore her attraction to Danny without exposing herself and her family to danger, or must she risk everything for love?

 

Book Review

This is a pure delight! A simply beautiful interplay of police procedural magic, murder, FBI presence, misguided protective cover-ups, and a superheated love affair tossed in and through all of the above. In other words, Ms. Taite at her best!

Danielle Soto, Danny, is an assistant district attorney currently assigned to a homicide team as a liaison. A third murder with nearly identical signatures has ramped up the Dallas homicide department to get cracking so as to close down a potential serial killer before a bunch of 'cowboy feds' storm in to take over the case. Danny is just as amped up as the Dallas police are to keep this local crime under total local control. The Dallas police detectives are appreciative of Danny's recognition of their hard work, dedication, and thoroughness. For Danny that greatly helps her ability to handle them as witnesses for the prosecution. Personally, Danny is still suffering from a painful and nasty breakup with her last girlfriend and is very much smarting under the realization that she was completely undercut by an unsuspectingly proficient Casanova quality that left her smarting even more than usual. If anyone was to be the 'Casanova' in a twosome, it should have been her!

Ellen Davenport is the executive director of National Alpha Nu. This national office serves as a hub for the various regional chapters and campus sororities. Danny and her police partner, Detective George Ramirez, are initially surprised at Ellen's youthful appearance. Danny doesn't throw Ellen off her guard when she asks how old she is immediately after opening hellos and such. Ellen deftly states her age as thirty-five and follows it with a question about whether she is under investigation. This leads to some delicious eye contact moments for Danny and Ellen. Danny recognizes some very heated sensations coming from and toward Ellen from long dormant libido coming to full attention. Aha, the 'couple' has made contact and heat is escalating rapidly!

Back and forth, in and out, up and down, on and off, our sub-rosa couple meet, unmeet, and then serendipitously spend a lovely loving night at Ellen's expansive living quarters. That one night sears the innards of our main gals, drawing them together after an initial near miss. That imprint seems to keep and fuel every small and grand fluctuation during a long erotic dance that Danny and Ellen perform while additional murder and attempted murder places all of Dallas and especially Alpha Nu alumnae on tenterhooks. So balanced, so smooth, so brilliantly paced, I finished reading the book in two sittings. This gets a Gold Star from me and major encouragement for all readers to dive right in and consume this story with gusto!

 

 

 

 

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Format	ebook and print
Length	Novel, 77000 words
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Publication Date	01-December-2013
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