Jake Chandler is a struggling small-town Florida lawyer, and his life is falling apart. His ex-wife makes seeing his daughter difficult, his boyfriend Noah may be cheating on him, and his money woes are growing. Jake hopes that a new murder defense case will help with his money woes, but his ex-wife Elena is the prosecutor. It’s bad enough she has to fight with him over custody of their daughter. Now she wants nothing more than to beat him in the courtroom, too.<br><br>And then people around him start dying.<br><br>First, an ex-lover gets his brains blown out while he and Jake have coffee. The danger comes even closer. Then Jake meets handsome FBI agent Xavier, who is investigating the crimes surrounding him. Can Jake trust this new man in his life? Is Xavier who he says he is? Or does his involvement put Jake and those he loves in even more danger?

Love and Murder

Finally, I resorted to a whisper, “Xavier, can you sleep on your stomach.” I tried to push his back with some slight pressure.


For a moment my hopes were raised, when he mumbled my name, “Jake—’’ But his physical response was nil.


With this lack of response, and his arm now draped over me, I realized there was no way I could sleep. It was more important for Xavier to get sleep so I moved carefully off the bed and sat on a chair in the corner. For a moment I watched him as he lay with his arms fully extended on my side of the bed, his large and muscular frame moved to stretch out. His boxers slightly low, so you could see the dimples above his butt crack.


I shouldn’t be having these thoughts about him.


Chapter 52