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

Walter nodded. “Yes and no. We know he’s safe for the moment. I just hope he can get through the grilling he’ll get from the defense attorneys without breaking.”


“He’s wound so tight…” Walter sighed. He knew he’d done his best to help Carlo. Why? He wasn’t sure. Usually when they were dealing with someone they were protecting he would, at best, give them a pep talk. More often than not, he just did what he was paid for and guarded them until the job ended, nothing more, nothing less.


Pat studied him for a long moment then said, as if he knew what Walter had been thinking, “This one’s special to you.”


Walter lifted one shoulder. “Not special. Hell, his story’s nothing new. We’ve had other people in the same position he’s in. I think it’s his attitude, like he knows he’s got nothing going for him now and he’s not sure what to do about it. If that makes sense.”


Chapter 9