Frisk Me (28 page)

“Maybe she wants to get your attention. Your humble, enchanting personality is
so
charming,” Maria Moretti muttered into her coffee cup.

Anth looked at his mother. “Et tu, Brute?”

His mom winked.

And then his dad leaned back in the booth, folded his arms, and glared at his oldest son. “So tell me again what you’re doing to close in on this Smiley character.”

“Oh my God, he’s like a dog with a bone!” Elena said, throwing her arms up in exasperation before turning her attention back to her cell phone. “Also, is Nonna texting anyone else? I’ve been getting mucus reports every five minutes.”

“Yes,” everyone replied at once.

“She just sent me a Wikipedia link on phlegm,” Vincent grumbled.

To say that his grandmother had been upset to miss brunch because of a lingering head cold was an understatement. She’d been punishing them all with updates on her illness.

Anthony glanced at his watch and mentally counted the minutes until he could relax with a beer and watch the Yankees game.

Of the three sacred things in his life, the New York Yankees had always been a
very
distant third to family and the Department.

But lately? It was a rather close call.

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FRISK ME
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USA Today
bestselling author Lauren Layne brings us the first book in her New York’s Finest series. Journalist Ava Sims may be the only woman in NYC who isn’t in love with the city’s newly minted hero Officer Luc Moretti. That’s why she’s going after the real story—to find out about the man behind the badge. But the more time she spends around Luc, the more she has to admit there’s something about a man in uniform…and she can’t wait to get him out of his.

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Sydney Williams has forgiven her fiancé, Den, more times than she can count. But his latest betrayal just days before their wedding is too big to ignore. Shocking her friends and family, she walks out on her fiancé…and into the arms of his brother, Morgan. But is their love only a fling or built to last?

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by Shelley Coriell

When art imitates death…
As part of the FBI’s elite Apostles team, bomb and weapons specialist Evie Jimenez knows playing it safe is
not
an option. Especially when tracking a serial killer. Billionaire philanthropist and art expert Jack Elliott never imagined the instant heat for the fiery Evie would explode his cool and cautious world. But as Evie and Jack get closer to the killer’s endgame, they will learn that safety and control are all illusions. For their quarry has set his sight on
Evie
for his final masterpiece…

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In the
New York Times
bestselling tradition of Linda Lael Miller and Diana Palmer comes the final book in R. C. Ryan’s Copper Creek series. When a snowstorm forces together the sexy Whit Mackenzie and the heartbroken Cara Walton, sparks fly. But can Whit show Cara how to love again?

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by Kim Amos

Bad-boy biker Kieran Callaghan already broke Audrey Tanner’s heart once. So what’s she supposed to do when she finds out he’s her boss—and that he’s sexier than ever? Fans of Kristan Higgans, Jill Shalvis, and Lori Wilde will love this second book in the White Pine, Minnesota series.

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