Edward Kendrick

Life for Lou Travis changed drastically when, as Carlo Farro, he turned state's evidence on the two mobsters he worked for. He didn't know, when he was put into the WITSEC program, that he would end up falling in love with the marshal tasked with protecting him.<br><br>Walter Brooks certainly didn't expect love to come into his life in the form of a small-time drug trafficker. But it did. Now, under the name Wayne Bourke, he, his adopted daughter Rae, and Lou own a protection business -- and have for the last seventeen years.<br><br>Suddenly their lives change when Regotti, one of the mobsters Lou testified against, is released from prison. The man wants Lou dead. Can Lou, Wayne, and Rae stop him from finding them and putting his deadly plan into motion?

Under the Radar

Carlo smiled, eyeing him for a moment before crossing the room to get a T-shirt from the dresser. “I try to when I can. I haven’t had much chance to recently, what with everything that’s gone down.” He came back, saying, “I bet you do every day.”


Walter shrugged. “I do when I get the chance.”


For a second they stood there, looking at each other, then Walter turned away, heading back to the kitchen.


Dinner was a quiet affair. None of the men talked much other than about the food and the weather, which was at the moment cool and rainy. After they finished, Carlo volunteered to do the dishes, much to Walter’s surprise. Somehow he’d expected him to either go back to his room or head into the living room and turn on the TV. Fifteen minutes later, he was surprised again when Carlo got a book and settled down in one of the armchairs to read.


“Thought I was a dummy?” Carlo asked with a bit of asperity, glancing at Walter.


“Not a dummy, just…” Walter shrugged.


Chapter 6