Tracy Hayes, P.I. to the Rescue (P.I. Tracy Hayes 3) Page 13

  When Jackson calmed down a little, he told me he had followed JT and Alysha around until JT had brought her to her grandmother’s. There they’d had a fight and he had left. Jackson had gone to Alysha and she’d been so angry with JT she’d confessed everything.

  “What will happen to her?”

  Jackson shook his head. “I don’t know. She’s a minor, but abduction isn’t exactly a minor crime.” It had been Alysha who’d lured Deanna to the warehouse, after Deanna had threatened to tell the police about JT dealing drugs.

  When he’d got my message he’d rushed to the warehouse, only to stumble right into the middle of the police operation. They’d let him tag along, but only if he stayed at the back of the group.

  “It wasn’t easy to wait while you kept him talking. But nice work on that.”

  After paramedics had checked out Deanna, we were finally able to take her home. Jackson had called beforehand, and her entire family, aunts and cousins included, were there, crammed into that small apartment. It was a joyous occasion, with laughter and tears, and special food everyone had brought with them. Jackson and I were hailed as heroes, which made me feel both nice and uncomfortable. But not as uncomfortable as being hugged by each and every member of the family, most of whom were ample women like Rhonda.

  She hugged me twice, squeezing so hard I feared for my ribs. “I knew you’d find her. I read it in your palm.”

  “You didn’t say anything to me about that. It would’ve been helpful to know beforehand.”

  “I didn’t want to jinx it.”

  It was early evening when Jackson brought me home. “Take it easy the rest of the day,” he said as he pulled over.

  “I don’t think I can. I’m feeling hyperactive.” I wanted to jump up and down even when I was sitting.

  “Maybe I should take you running,” he said with a grin. “Might burn some of that restless energy.”

  “No, I have a better plan. I’ll fetch Jarod and we’ll go to my parents’ to watch kids trick or treating.” Jarod was such a kid himself he would love it.

  “Can I come too?”

  I had nothing against that. The three of us ended up at my parents’ house with my whole family, Travis’s four-year-old twins included. While Dad took the twins to circle the neighborhood in their cool Batman costumes—they’d both wanted to be Batman and who were we to argue—the rest of us welcomed the children from the neighborhood. We laughed and spooked each other, and ate far too much candy and treats Mom had made for Halloween. It was exactly what I needed to unwind from the day.

  I was feeling charitable towards the whole world when I slumped on the sofa next to Jackson.

  “I saved a girl today!”

  He pulled me into a hug. “That you did. And I got to save you—again.”

  I grinned. “I guess that’s our thing.”

  I got up when the doorbell rang again, and raced Jarod to the door. On the porch was a woman about thirty, pretty with short blond hair. She was holding the hand of a little boy about three. He wasn’t wearing a costume, but he was the cutest little thing, with orange hair and freckles, so I didn’t care.

  The woman gave me an apprehensive look. “Does Trevor Hayes live here?” Baffled, I nodded. “Could you tell him I’ve brought his son to meet him?”

  What the hell?

  About the Author

  Susanna Shore is a pen name for the writer of Tracy Hayes series of funny urban detective stories, and Two-Natured London paranormal romance series. Susanna also writes contemporary romances with billionaires and intriguing heroines as Hannah Kane. When she is not writing, she is reading or—should her husband manage to drag her outdoors—taking long walks.

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  Tracy Hayes Series

  Tracy Hayes, Apprentice P.I. (Book 1.)

  “What should I do with you?” I cooed at the poor dog. He was listless after his bout of vomiting, but he licked my arm to show that he sympathized with my predicament, only he was just a little dog and had no idea either.

  When Tracy Hayes, Brooklyn waitress extraordinaire (only a slight exaggeration) loses her job—again—she doesn't despair. She can’t afford to or she’ll lose her apartment. Instead, she takes the first job that she comes across. She becomes an apprentice to an enigmatic PI.

  Her first case should be easy: locate the owner of a dog she’s found. But things are never as simple as they seem, and she’s soon ankles deep in criminals, FTAs, and cheating spouses—her ex-husband included. And that’s on top of a new roommate, who may or may not be a hacker, and a family that likes to meddle with her life.

  A weaker woman would give up, but Brooklyn waitresses are made of sterner stuff. A good thing too, because Tracy will need every ounce of her strength and ingenuity to pull herself out of the mess she finds herself in.

  Tracy Hayes, P.I. and Proud. (Book 2.)

  I was climbing out of a dumpster when I found the body. It was wedged between the wall and the large trash container, and couldn’t be seen except from where I was perched. A good thing, then, that I was there.

  Tracy is not having a good day: first she falls into a dumpster and then she finds a body. A dead body. The suspect seems clear too. A cheating spouse Tracy’s been tracking. The only problem is, he has an alibi—provided by Tracy herself.

  But Tracy doesn't despair. With the help of her enigmatic boss, she sets out to uncover the truth. And while she’s at it, she might as well sort out her roommate’s love life, and have a fight or two with her ex-husband.

  All in a day’s work for Tracy. Until the guns come out.

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  Also by Susanna Shore

  The Wolf’s call. Two-natured London 1.

  “Are you trying to intimidate me, Mr Green?” she asked calmly, refusing to lean back.

  “Yes, I am,” he answered, his every word deliberate. He pressed his hands on the armrests of her chair and leaned closer to her face, never breaking the eye contact. “Is it working?” Closing in the short distance, he kissed her.

  Having been raised by humans-first parents, Charlotte Thornton is completely unprepared for a man like Raphael Green, a wolf-shifter. After a lifetime of controlling herself, the onslaught of emotions he causes in her, both lust and aggravation, seem like too much to handle. Unlike human men around her, Rafe is not weak. But neither is she, and Rafe is about to learn it. She finds herself drawn to him unlike any man before, only to learn that he won't date humans. But what if she weren’t a human?

  Rafe never thought he would pursue a human, let alone a woman as dominant as Charly, but his wolf side has other ideas. For a shifter, ignoring their beast’s choice is practically impossible, but he will try; his brother’s marriage is enough of a warning. But as he is drawn to her with a maddening lust, it becomes difficult to prevent his wolf from putting out its call for her. Then her life is threatened and everything changes.

  From the high-end neighbourhood of London to peaceful countryside, their enemies hunt them. Time for making up their minds is running out.

  Warrior’s heart. Two-Natured London 2.

  “Who the bloody hell are you, and why are you here?”

  When an apparent human-on-human shooting turns out to have non-human origins, vampire DI Philippa Audley is ordered to investigate. It would be easier, however, if she hadn’t been ordered to work with Jasper Grayson, one of the legendary vampire warriors of the Crimson Circle. An old-fashioned relic of a bygone era with very peculiar notions of what a woman can and can’t do is not an ideal partner for Philppa who has made a life’s career of being the first vampire woman in everything. It doesn’t help either that her late father, a Circle warrior himself, was Jasper’s last partner.


  Jasper Grayson isn’t very accustomed to vampire women, let alone a woman as unique as Philippa who is used to giving orders and being obeyed. His Hunger compells him to protect her, but how is he to protect someone who refuses to listen to very reasonable commands to stay safe? And how is he to gain her trust when he is keeping a secret from her?

  Black magic is afoot and a deadly enemy to vampires forces the pair to find a way to work together. But will they be able to put aside the demons of the past for a shared future?

  A Wolf of Her Own. Two-Natured London 3.

  “You smell of pig.”

  “If you didn’t lean so close you wouldn’t have to smell it.”

  “If you didn't drive like a maniac, I wouldn’t have to lean so close.”

  When wolves kill Gemma’s sheep, she knows exactly who to blame: wolf-shifters of the Greenwood clan whose estate borders hers. But the first wolf she runs into denies their involvement. And he has the audacity to call her a liar. If she didn’t have to control her vampire nature, she would show him.

  Kieran’s brother had been shot as a sheep killer so when an enraged vampire accuses his clan of killing her sheep, he gets furious. Determined to prove her wrong, he sets out to find the killers. He has his clan to protect. But she won’t let him do it alone.

  The death of Kieran’s brother a ghost between them, their cooperation isn’t easy. As the killings continue, this time angering humans too, they have to find a way to see past their hurt to protect the clan. But it may well be that the biggest monster is already among them. Gemma’s control of her second nature is precarious. What happens when the monster gets free?

  Her Warrior for Eternity. Two-Natured London 4.

  A serial killer is on the loose in London and only the vampire warriors of the Crimson Circle know that renegade vampires are responsible. One night on a patrol, Jeremy Grayson saves a human woman from becoming the next victim. The chance meeting ignites his hunger, marking her as his mate. He needs to keep her safe, even if he can’t really explain to her why.

  But in order to do that, he has to wipe her memory so she doesn’t remember him.

  The only drama Corynn Sparks needs in her life is finding a job after she graduates from college. But then a vampire declares she is in mortal danger and puts her under his protection. He is a complication she doesn’t need. She can’t afford to dream of a man who will live for centuries while she grows old and dies.

  But it turns out she carries the vampire gene. Now she has to choose between her human life and the sunshine, and her second nature and the man she loves. But how could she trust a man who has taken her memory?

  Then the choice is taken from her, and she learns that there are worse things in this world than a memory loss.

  A Warrior for a Wolf. Two-Natured London 5.

  “You!” No wonder the scent had irritated her. It belonged to a man she wanted to see even less than Ryan—and had for a far longer time.

  “Me,” Zach said, flashing his easy smile that used to make her knees weak when she was a foolish teenager. Not anymore. “Have we met?”

  Vampire warrior Zach Hamilton has divided his centuries in the Crimson Circle between killing renegade vampires and womanising. Now the latter has lost its appeal and he doesn’t know how to get his groove back. A mating bond with a wolf-shifter isn’t among the desired cures, but when he wakes up at a hospital after being shot, that’s what seems to have happened.

  If only his rider hadn’t chosen a woman who hates him at sight.

  The last person Harriet Green wanted to see on an already bad night was Zach Hamilton, the crush of her teenage years. It doesn’t help her mood that he has no recollection of her. But she is a doctor, so when he is shot, she does everything in her power to save his life. Mating bond is an unwanted side-effect she does her best to ignore. She knows from experience that pairings between wolf-shifters and vampires don’t work. After all, her ex-fiancé broke up their engagement when he was made into a vampire.

  But then it turns out her vampire ex is now an ex-vampire. He is a renegade. Zach would love nothing better than to kill the man who has hurt his mate, but she has other ideas. She’s a doctor and sworn to protect life. Any life, even renegades.

  Are a warrior and a doctor even less compatible than a vampire and a wolf-shifter? Can they overcome their differences, or will one careless act doom them to an eternity of misery?

  Magic Under the Witching Moon. Two-Natured London 5.5.

  Human DS Adrian Moore believes he has learned everything there is to learn about the two-natured around him. But when a naked, moon-worshipping goddess shows up in his bedroom night after night, he admits he has no idea what to make of it. Other than that he wants her with maddening lust.

  Having escaped black witches keeping her and her coven sisters captive, Raven Fontaine finds safe haven with Adrian—in form of a cat. If only the full moon wouldn’t force her back into human every night, things would be perfect. Although, she has to admit that her human form fits his form rather pleasantly.

  The need to get her coven sisters freed forces Raven to confide in Adrian, who is more than capable of helping her. But the black witches are on her tail—literally. Can he keep her safe? And is there a future together for a cop and a witch?

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