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

“Well, that killed all of ten minutes,” Rae said when they were back in the car. “And before you panic, there he is.”


“Piece of cake,” Lou said, sliding into the passenger seat before handing Rae her laptop. He didn’t get the chance to say more as he was being kissed quite hard by his husband. When they broke apart he grinned. “You docare about my safety.”


Wayne’s voice was husky when he replied, “Always. And don’t give me any guff about it.” Then he dug a bug-detector out of his pocket, handing it to Rae.


She ran it over the laptop. “It’s clean,” she told him, giving it back. “As soon as we land somewhere, I’ll check to be certain no one’s tried to access it.”


Chapter 24