He’s a hard-drinking ex-cop with nothing to prove. She’s a gorgeous mystery woman with everything to lose.
She needs his help. He just needs HER.
The mobsters won’t know what hit them.
Private investigator Johnny Delarosa’s seen it all. Cheating spouses, greedy embezzlers, insurance scammers—it’s all part of the game to him. But when a drop-dead gorgeous redheaded mystery woman walks into his bar and drops a $20,000 retainer in his lap, he knows he’s met his match.
Claire Dixon wants the hard-drinking Johnny to find $2 million that was stolen from her mob-wife mother thirty years ago, but the money is only half the mystery. When every lowlife in Port City suddenly comes out of the woodwork to claim their share of the take, suddenly Claire’s nowhere to be found—and the body count starts to climb.
With the help of a bright young amateur sleuth, can Johnny crack the case before the streets of his beloved Port City run scarlet?
With a wink and a nod to the hard-boiled detective fiction of yesteryear, David Stever offers up a heaping helping of old-school noir sure to satisfy every thriller lover, even genre purists. SCARLET FEVER is the first book in the Johnny Delarosa Mysteries. Views: 112
It was supposed to be just for Halloween. But when the trick-or-treating is over, I’m still craving them both.Summer knows she’s a lucky woman. Her boyfriend, Ben, is like her own personal Prince Charming. Knowing she’s coming after a long string of exes who have cheated and used him, all she wants to do is make him happy, the way he deserves.So when Ben admits that he’s bisexual, and fantasizes about sharing her with another man, Summer can’t stop thinking about making his fantasy come true.The club where Summer bartends, Ecstasia, has a not-so-secret reputation as the perfect place to fulfill your filthy fantasies, and their annual Halloween party seems like as good a time as any. Everyone’s in masks, and fantasy runs rampant. And when Summer lays eyes on drop-dead gorgeous Nick, she knows he’s the one to fulfill theirs.The chemistry is instant and electric between all three of them, and none of them wants this night of passion to end.Will they still want to be together when the masks come off?Or will one night of treats leave us all hungry for more? Views: 111