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

“Why not? All you’d have to do is get in touch with someone in one of the local DEA or FBI divisions, or if it’s easier for you, someone in an Attorney General or District Attorney’s office in the city of your choice. Tell them you have information on the Grimaldi organization and you’re willing to trade it for protection in the WITSEC program.”


“And just like that, they’ll snap me up, and not throw me into prison.”


“If you’re willing to turn state’s evidence. Hell, you’re going to trial soon. Talk to the DA before that happens and see if he’llcut you a deal.”


“How did that work out for you, Carlo?” Matt asked sarcastically. “You aren’t ‘you’ any more. Not the guy I used to know.”


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