"Detailed romantic suspense."
Nick Sinestra is a New York City cop with a side job at
Star Gazer magazine, a tabloid known for its sleazy
celebrity stories. Portia Wells is a widow with a celebrity
past and a soon-to-be high profile future as president of
the Nature Preservation Society. The two meet when Nick
covers security at a fundraiser where Portia is the guest
speaker. Portia sees taking the role as NPS President as a way of
opening an investigation into her husband's death. She's
sure his traffic accident was anything but an accident in
order to get him out of the way of a land developer who has
his sights set on NPS protected land. Nick sees Portia as a
way to earn some extra cash when he's forced to take a
month-long vacation after punching a colleague. Someone is determined to scare Portia off the
investigation, and accidents begin to happen on her farm.
When her barn burns, Nick decides to look into the death of
her husband. Soon he's making someone nervous, and he fears
that Portia may suffer the same fate as her husband. I enjoyed AFTER HOURS by Ms. Erickson. I feel the story
takes awhile to get where it's going, but the author has a
gift for detail that gives the reader a sense of
experiencing the surroundings along with her characters,
making an enjoyable read.
Reviewed by Paula Myers
Posted June 12, 2004
SummaryNYPD Detective Nick Sinestra earns extra money
moonlighting as a bodyguard—and selling celebrity
secrets to a tabloid. But his conscience begins to sting
when he shadows society wallflower Portia Carr Wells.
Continuing her late husband's work for the Nature
Preservation Society, Portia has made some enemies. She
just never thought Nick was one of them. And as threats
against her are played out, her mind rails against
trusting him. But desire has a mind of its own.
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