“You’re saying the Sopranos are living next door. Not the television bunch, but the real thing?”

“Amy, promise me not to go anywhere near that beach house. Promise me that you won’t even think about any dalliances. It’s far too dangerous.”

Amy stared at her cousin. Dangerous dalliances. She liked the sound of that despite Luke’s fearful concern. “All right. I promise.”

Yet the tall, dark, and mysterious is too great a lure. Amy is not afraid to use her feminine wiles to inch closer to the perilous secrets of a “businessman” from New Orleans named Jake Snow, rumored to have ties with the underworld, hiding out in the small seashore town of Diamondback Cove. Why? Amy is on a mission to find out. Dating her cousin’s best friend Byron, however, throws her closer to the inner flame than she expected. But Amy likes the heat. That is, until she realizes all the warnings were very, very real.

“The last person Anna needs to fall in love with is a police officer, especially since she breaks the law every day. Running a speakeasy wasn’t her first choice, but making money is. With the price of hooch at an all-time premium, the money is more than enough to pay for her uncle’s expensive medication and pay the bills. She doubts Officer Paul Gordon will see things the same way.

Paul is enchanted with the chestnut-haired woman he runs into on a cold, Chicago street. And that enchantment quickly turns to more. If someone were to tell him she was a criminal, he’d never believe it. Then he sees it for himself. When Anna is arrested, he must make a decision—protect her or his badge.