Four of Deirdre O'Dare's best-selling M/M romances in one box set! Love and lust can strike at totally unexpected places and inopportune times. When two strong men fight a powerful attraction that slips up on them, sometimes a loyal and loving canine cupid needs to take matters in his or her paws to make it happen for a stubborn master! Contains the stories: A Cop and a Con: When a cop and a newly released convict cross paths, few cons can expect anything positive. Ike Hernandez meets a cop who seems different. Can he trust kindness to continue? Perry Parker became a police officer to help people. Could the man he picked up one stormy night be one? Dogjacked: Travel writer Trek stops in a small New Mexico town for gas only to have his car and dog stolen while he's in the quick stop. Officer Dan is a country boy at heart, and shy when he isn't able to hide in his uniform. Dashing and 28e Trek fascinates him. Does he dare to hope that Trek may pass his way again? Saved By Sam: When K9 officer Craig Rommel and his partner Samson burst into the club where Roy Dunham tends bar, he admires the officer but finds him overbearing. Then the team saves him from drug-driven violence. After he tends their gunshot wounds, he begins to adjust his impression. Soon he's trying to get to know them both much better. Schnickelfritz in Love: When Snick meets Athena, its love at first sight for the feisty miniature Schnauzer and the dignified greyhound. . Electrician Jake and detective Boz, the dogs' masters, are not as readily enamored but when forced to work together on a complex theft case at Jake's work site, danger and proximity combine to work aphrodisiac magic.

Canine Cupids for Cops

Ike assessed the dimensions of his temporary prison. He didn&rsquo;t like the feeling of being trapped. Despite the crawling fear, he knew he needed to learn all he could about the space. It could spell the difference between life and death.


The cramped cubby was clearly a closet. There was a metal pipe rod about shoulder high. To one side, he found some wire hangers. A couple of them held garments that felt like jackets. They were full of dust. He stifled a sneeze when his movements shook it into the air. Past that, there was a wall. He tried to orient himself to the way the house sat. It faced the southwest, so the rear door must be to the northeast. Retracing the path he&rsquo;d been forced along, he decided the room in which the closet sat was on the northwest corner. He pressed a hand against the wall. It felt cool, almost cold. Since the other sides were warmer, this must be an outside wall.


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