THE INVESTIGATOR (The Gafanelli Mob #2)

About We made a promise to each other. To leave each other alone. But when a woman who upholds the laws meets the man who makes up his own, what did we expect? The answer: Not love... *** I knew the day I met Penelope Castalano that the only thing harder than the head on my shoulders was the one below my belt. Sandwiched somewhere between following the law and my own instincts, I learned to make up my own rules in the game of “private investigations”: my not-so-secret version of the Holy Trinity. Sex. Career. And more s*x. Until she shows up again. Fresh from Paris, my best friend’s attorney breaks the only deal we’ve ever made, sauntering back onto the Manhattan scene at a costume party with more to hide than just her face. And now one fugitive best friend and two broken promises will ignite a new Holy Trinity in my hazardous life. Caught in the midst of a government coverup that compromises everything I've ever cared for, I soon discover that certain scandals never die. Only their victims do. And I'd better make damn sure that Penelope and I aren’t next… Previously published as UP IN SMOKE