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New York's Finest #2
Lauren Layne
Releasing Nov 24th, 2015
Forever
IN HOT PURSUIT
Being
a cop might be in Anthony Moretti's blood, but protecting and serving the city
of New York has always been more than just the family business. If that means
his love life stays locked up, well then that's just another sacrifice made in
the line of duty. That is, until he sets eyes on the gorgeous new waitress at
The Darby Diner and suddenly Anthony's morning coffee is leaving him a whole
lot more hot and bothered than usual.
Though
waitressing at The Darby isn't exactly Maggie Walker's dream job, it pays the
bills and gives her time to work on her novel. Now if only she could stop
fantasizing about gorgeous Anthony Moretti every time he sits down at her
table, she'd really be in great shape. But when he needs her help identifying a
criminal threatening The Darby—and Maggie recognizes her ex-husband—she fears
her fresh start might be a pipe dream. Faster than a New York minute, Maggie and
Anthony find themselves in one perilous pursuit that only gets hotter with each
and every rule-breaking kiss.
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“Well surely you’ve got a couple
leads to go on,” Tony said, leaning forward and fixing Anthony with a steady
look.
Anthony looked right back, hoping
the bold gaze would counteract the hard truth. That
Anth didn’t have a damn clue who or where Smiley was.
For the past two months—the
majority of Anthony’s tenure as Ccaptain of the tTwentieth pPrecinct—the Upper
West Side had been plagued by a smug and relentless burglar.
Nickname? Smiley.
Courtesy of the idiotic, yellow -smiley- face sticker he left at each of his
hits.
The plus side, if there was one,
was that Smiley hadn’t proven dangerous. If it had been a violent criminal on the loose, Anth’s ass
would have been on the line weeks ago.
But still. It had been eight
weeks since Smiley first hit, and the man was getting bolder with each passing
week, hitting three brownstones last week alone.
And Anth wasn’t even close to
catching him. Neither was anyone else in the department. Hence why number two
on his life priorities—the NYPD—was making him crazy.
“We’ll get him,” Anthony said
curtly, referring to Smiley.
“You’d better,” Tony said. “The
press has gotten a hold of it. It’ll only get bigger from here.”
“Yeah, thanks for the reminder,”
Anthony muttered.
His phone buzzed, and a quick
glance showed it was a text message from his grandmother, letting him know that
she’d self-diagnosed herself with tuberculosis, but that whiskey might help,
and could he bring some by when he was done with breakfast.
Anth put the phone away without
responding, picking up his coffee up again. Still empty. “Damn it. Where the hell is what’s-her-name? Is it too much to
ask to get some damned coffee around here?”
“Now there’s a good plan,” his
sister mused. “Blame poor Maggie because you can’t catch a pip-squeak cat
burglar.”
As if on cue, poor
Maggie appeared at
their table, coffee pot in hand.
“I’m so sorry,” the waitress
said, a little breathless. “You all must have been waiting ages for more
coffee.”
Anthony rolled his eyes, even as
he snuck a glance at her. Her friendly smile was meant to hide the fact that
she was frazzled, and for most ofover her customers, that apologetic, dimpled
smile probably worked.
It was a damned good look on any woman, but
especially her.
Lauren Layne is the USA Today
Bestselling author of contemporary romance.
Prior to becoming an author, Lauren
worked in e-commerce and web-marketing. In 2011, she and her husband moved from
Seattle to New York City, where Lauren decided to pursue a full-time writing
career. It took six months to get her first book deal (despite ardent
assurances to her husband that it would only take three). Since then, Lauren's
gone on to publish ten books, including the bestselling Stiletto series, with
several more on the way in 2015.
Lauren currently lives in Chicago with
her husband and spoiled Pomeranian. When not writing, you'll find her at happy
hour, running at a doggedly slow pace, or trying to straighten her naturally
curly hair.
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