Officer Quincy Adams is a hero. She pulled eleven people from burning cars and risked her own life to save the twelfth, a woman trapped in her car that could explode at any moment. But the situation triggers a flashback to seeing her lover die in Afghanistan. Recognizing she’s sinking back into darkness and hopelessness, Quincy heads to Maggie’s Lesbian Bar seeking light and life. Lindy James is a loner. She’s only at Maggie’s to celebrate her best friend’s birthday. But something about the bedraggled woman whose image is Breaking News on the TV, touches her heart and she agrees to drive the stranger home. But Quincy doesn’t want to be alone. Lindy agrees to stay as long as Quincy doesn’t expect sex or ask personal questions. One night turns into three sexless but intimate nights. Then Monday morning Quincy asks Lindy for a date. And Lindy flees. Thrown together by a devastating accident, but kept apart by fears from the past, will Quincy and Lindy take a chance on love? Genre: Romance Editor: Medora MacDougall Cover Designer: Judy Fellows
Author
Catherine Maiorisi lives and writes in New York City. Since she found her imagination, writing has been like meditating for Catherine and it is what she most loves to do. But she also reads voraciously, loves to cook, especially Italian, and enjoys hanging out with her wife and friends. Catherine is the author of the NYPD Detective Chiara Corelli mysteries featuring Corelli and her partner P.J. Parker. There are currently four books in the series: A Matter of Blood, The Blood Runs Cold, A Message in Blood, and Legacy in the Blood. When she wrote a short story to create the backstory for the love interest in her two unpublished Corelli mysteries, Catherine had never read any romance and hadn’t considered writing it. To her surprise, “The Fan Club” turned out to be a romance and was included in the Best Lesbian Romance of 2014. Another surprise was hearing the voices of two characters, Andrea and Darcy, chatting in her head every night, making it difficult to sleep. Reassured by her wife that she wasn’t losing it, Catherine paid attention and those conversations led to her first romance novel, Matters of the Heart. Other romances include: No One But You, Ready for Love and Taking a Chance on Love. The Disappearance of Lindy James is Catherine's first general fiction novel. Catherine has mystery and romance short stories in various anthologies. An active member of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America, Catherine is also a member of The Golden Crown Literary Society.
