Tere Michaels - Love and Loyalty

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Love & Loyalty
Tere Michaels
Love & Loyalty
Copyright © September 2009 by Tere Michaels
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ISBN 978-1-60737-425-1
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About this Title
Genre:
LGBT Erotic Contemporary
Previous Book:
Faith & Fidelity
Although these two books are connected, each can be read as a
standalone title.
Genre:
LGBT Erotic Contemporary
Detective James “Jim” Shea is a Seattle homicide detective who has never
taken his work home with himuntil now. A case has gotten under his skin
and though it's “over," it isn't for Jim. The emotional toll has left him
vulnerable and tied to the victim's dying father.
Meanwhile, Hollywood comes calling for a hot story, and screenwriter
Griffin Drake sees the tragic case as his ticket to more serious fare than his
usual action blockbusters. But to get the whole story he needs to win over the
stoic and protective Detective Shea.
Neither man has had much luck when it comes to romance or long-term
relationships and neither is particularly looking but there's an attraction from
their first meeting that can't be denied. Their impromptu first date seems to
have no end in sightquickly becomes a barreling freight train of romance.
Looming problems outside threaten their relationshipdeath, secrets, and
broken trustand they'll have to learn loyalty to save their newfound love.
Publisher's Note:
This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic
language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: Anal
play/intercourse, male/male sexual practices.
Chapter One
James “Jim to Almost Everyone” Shea moved quickly through the throng
of reporters and gawkers camped out on the front steps of the Seattle
courthouse. He was quick on the heels of his partner, Terry Oh, who jogged
ahead, pushing microphones and cameras out of their faces with a terse “no
comment.”
No comment
from the detectives who had pursued Tripp Ingersoll for two
years, running down every lead they could to connect the round-faced college
student with the murder of a Seattle prostitute named Carmen Kelly.
No
comment
after a six-week trial that had taken a toll on everyone involved.
Terry reached the front doors and gave a uniformed cop the high sign. No
need to flash his badge, and Jim didn't even bother to reach into his pocket.
They'd been here every day they could of the trial, and they were sure as hell
expected now that the verdict would be read.
“Come on,” Terry said, urging Jim in front of him. Jim felt a mix of
gratitude and annoyance at the hand on his armhe didn't like being handled,
but he could use some help not exploding.
The high-profile, truTV-coverage, tabloid tone of this case drove him to
distraction. High solve rates meant nothing to Jim if the guilty party didn't get
put away. And this guy needed to have his moneyed, privileged ass thrown into
prison for the rest of his natural life. Jim honestly didn't know what he was
going to do if the verdict came down not guilty.
He knew that was wrong. He
knew
it. After almost twenty years on the
force, he'd heard the speeches over and over again. He'd given them to new
recruits, new detectiveshell, Terry'd gotten it a few months after joining the
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