The
Past Never Stays Buried
Anna Albertini is settling into a routine while ignoring the fact that the
blue-eyed Irishman she’d allowed into her bed has up and disappeared on her.
Two weeks without a phone call is no big deal, but still. With her hottie
Italian boss goofing up the prosecuting attorney’s office, she at least has
something to fix. Until she appears in court, across from her sister Tessa’s
dirtbag ex. Then she has a mission.
Unfortunately, Anna isn’t the only person who wants the ex put behind bars… or
in the ground. Which is not a problem until she and a local cop find the
ex-boyfriend deader than dead… with both her sister and Aiden standing over the
body.
As a prosecuting attorney, it’s Anna’s job to build a case against Tessa and
Aiden. As a sister, it’s SO her job to get Tess out of this mess. As Aiden’s… what?
Lover—girlfriend—friend from the past—it’s Anna’s job to figure out who the
heck he really is. She has to dig out the truth, regardless of her ambitious
boss or the cranky cop trying to thwart her every move. Sometimes a woman has
to take matters into her own hands, regardless of the consequences.
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“How long has Aiden Devlin been dating your sister?” Detective Pierce expertly switched topics.
If he was looking to trip me up, he’d failed. “Aiden and Tess aren’t dating. I have no idea where he has been for the last two weeks.” It wouldn’t do to lie to Pierce right now, and I didn’t see a reason not to tell him the truth. “Before you ask, I don’t know why Aiden was at Tess’s apartment or if he had any prior relationship with Danny Pucci.” But I was sure going to find out.
“So you don’t know why Devlin’s knuckles were as beat to shit as the dead body’s?” Pierce asked.
Yeah, I’d noticed that as well. “Nope.”
Pierce twirled a pen on his desk. “This isn’t looking good for your sister.”
Considering I hadn’t talked to her yet, I didn’t know how bad it looked. “Did you test her hand for GSR?” I asked the question like I knew what I was talking about and hadn’t binge-watched Law & Order all day Sunday, where is actually how I’d learned about gunshot residue. A homicide case was way above my pay grade.
“She tested positive,” Pierce said, seeming relaxed but definitely not missing anything.
I rolled my eyes. “If she picked up the gun that had been used to kill Danny, then the residue would be on her hand. You know that.” I thought that was the truth.
“I also know that only a moron would pick up a gun in that situation,” Pierce retorted. “Unless she was frightened by Devlin. But I’d have to ask what he was doing there.”
I swallowed. “Did you test Aiden’s hand?”
“Yep. Positive as well,” Pierce said, watching me like a bird of prey. “According to him, he was target practicing yesterday, but that’s all he’d own up to—so far. I’m off to interview him next.”
“What about Tessa?”
Pierce shook his head. “She lawyered up right away with Clark Bunne. Wouldn’t say a word.”
Relief cooled the hot ball of anxiety in my stomach. Okay. Good. “Well, then. I guess I’ll go talk to her and figure this out. Let’s hope you’re as good of a detective as you think you are.” With that zinger, I stood.
“Albertini? You’ll have to talk to her tomorrow,” Pierce drawled.
I stopped cold, still facing him. “Why?”
“Because I just arrested her for suspicion of murder. She’s being processed now.”
Ruthie – ☆☆☆☆☆
This is the second book in the series – and I am not sure, but I think it might
be even better than the first. It is SO funny in places, so sweet, so
passionate, and pretty tense in places too... I had to stop reading a couple of
times and have a quick talk to the pages, asking Anna what on earth was she
thinking putting herself into danger again!
I think that you really need to read Disorderly Conduct first to get the
complexity of the relationships and drama going on in this wonderful series.
This book starts a couple of weeks after the ending of book one, with the
situation between Anna and Aiden being very much up in the air. In the first
few pages she faces a very unexpected sight – her sister, Tessa, holding a gun
over her dead ex, and Aiden is there too. Cue a fast-paced, super sexy, and
tension-laden story, which has brilliant little cameos thrown in for light
relief and to bring the light to a dramatic plot.
The writing is wonderful, the story is fabulous, and I absolutely loved every
page and every feeling. I am very excited to get book three as soon as it is
available, as this is on my absolute must read series!
Rebecca Zanetti is the author of over
fifty romantic suspense and dark paranormal romances, and her books have
appeared multiple times on the New York
Times, USA Today, Amazon, Barnes
and Noble, and iBooks bestseller lists. The New York Times reviews has
found that in her books, “humor surfaces in even the tensest moments, giving
the high-stakes drama humanity and warmth.”
She lives in the wilds of the Pacific Northwest with her own Alpha hero, two
kids, a couple of dogs, a crazy cat… and a huge extended family. She believes
strongly in luck, karma, and working her butt off… and she thinks one of the
best things about being an author, unlike the lawyer she used to be, is that
she can let the crazy out.
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