Love By Association
Love isn't part of the job…A tough-as-nails cop, Chantel Harris faces whatever life throws at her, and then some. As part of Santa Raquel's High Risk team—created by the town's women's shelter, The Lemonade Stand—she goes undercover to expose one of the community's elite as an abuser.Looking the part is easy, but gaining acceptance into upper society circles is a different matter. That’s where gorgeous and successful lawyer Colin Fairbanks comes in. But Colin is so much more than Chantel could have dreamed. Wanting him is dangerous. Falling for him could ruin everything…
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Love isnât part of the job...
A tough-as-nails cop, Chantel Harris faces whatever life throws at her, and then some. As part of Santa Raquelâs High Risk teamâcreated by the townâs womenâs shelter, The Lemonade Standâshe goes undercover to expose one of the communityâs elite as an abuser.
Looking the part is easy, but gaining acceptance into upper society circles is a different matter. Thatâs where gorgeous and successful lawyer Colin Fairbanks comes in. But Colin is so much more than Chantel could have dreamed. Wanting him is dangerous. Falling for him could ruin everything...
âYouâre different...â
Colin drew out the words, then added, âCompelling. In a way Iâve never known before.â
In a stunningly simple black short shift that was sexier for what it covered, not for what it left uncovered, she could have stepped out of a fashion magazine.
And those lipsâso artfully paintedâglistened with promise.
âYou did hear me say that when Iâm done with my book I have to return to New York?â
âI heard.â
âAnd youâre okay with that?â The worry in her gaze hit him harder than the kiss waiting on her lips. She cared, too.
âYes,â he told her. Sheâd been honest. If, in the future, they needed to work out something...then theyâd work it out.
Two nights ago his life had changed. Heâd changed.
And it didnât seem as if there was a lot he could do about that.
Except to see where it was all going to lead...
What can I tell you about Chantel Harris that will make you want to read this book? Whatever it is, please imagine me saying it. Chantel is the best friend...but has few friends. Her closest friend, a female cop, was killed on duty. Chantel was the first responder.
She never expects things for herself, she only asks how she can help others. Sheâs the kind of friend we all want.
If you havenât read previous Where Secrets are Safe books, relax, you donât need to. You wonât feel left behind. For those of you who have, youâll have seen Chantel once before in book three, Husband by Choice, when she visited Santa Raquel to help her best friendâs widower after his second wife goes missing.
Now a member of the Santa Raquel High Risk Team, she goes undercover to ensure the safety of a boy and his mother and ends up finding something horrible going on in the society she infiltrates. I didnât know, when I started this book, what was going to happen. I didnât know until the end how it was going to end. I didnât even know if the bad guy was bad. Chantel took care of it all. She took care of me. And sheâll take care of you, too, if you give her a chance!
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Tara
An author of more than seventy novels, TARA TAYLOR QUINN is a USA TODAY bestselling author with more than seven million copies sold. She is known for delivering emotional and psychologically astute novels of suspense and romance. Tara is a past president of Romance Writers of America. She has won a Readersâ Choice Award and is a five-time finalist for an RWA RITA® Award, a finalist for a Reviewerâs Choice Award and a Booksellersâ Best Award. She has also appeared on TV across the country, including CBS Sunday Morning. She supports the National Domestic Violence Hotline. If you or someone you know might be a victim of domestic violence in the United States, please contact 1-800-799-7233.
For Lynda Kachurek, who started out as a fan and became a friend. I am very thankful you sought me out...
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IT FELT WEIRD being in an interrogation room out of uniform. Not that thirty-two-year-old Chantel Harris spent much time interrogating suspects. She was a street cop, not a detective. But in the twelve years sheâd been a cop, sheâd been called in to sit with suspects on occasion and to help with questioning a time or two.
Even worse than being out of uniform was entering the room on stiletto heels, with makeup on her face and with her blond hair, which usually lived in a ponytail, cascading down her back in artfully curled waves.
âExcuse me, miss, but... Chantel?â
She almost turned and walked right back out as Detective Wayne Stantonâa friend from academy daysâwhooped. And grinned.
