It was the last place Nicholas Carlucci thought he'd see again, yet suddenly it was the only place he could go. He'd hoped to find some peace here--but in the eyes of his new neighbor, Lainie Farrell, he found a hint of something more. Something he dared not hope he'd ever see again ....
To solve the mystery of the man she'd been sent to protect, Lainie Farrell had I to stick to him like glue. But she wasn't supposed to get this close to Nick Carlucci--close enough to see his noble soul beneath his bitter exterior. And close enough to know that now she, too, was in danger. In more ways than one...
Award-winning and bestselling author, international traveler, feted at a Hollywood premiere . . .
All true . . . but my regular life is a whole lot more routine. Deal with the five big puppers who share our house, babysit our grandson, battle the jungle that is our yard, pray for summer in winter and dream of winter in summer, and hunker down at the computer -- that's my real life.
I grew up in Oklahoma and had the fun of living in Georgia, Alabama, California and the Carolinas, thanks to my husband's Navy career. When he retired, we came home to Oklahoma and have lived in the same house for seventeen years. That's a real "Wow!" for someone used to the nomadic military life.
Writing was the perfect career for all that moving. Have computer, will travel. I've set books, or part of them, in every state we've lived in and been inspired by every place I've ever been. I've now written somewhere around 80 books, and I think I've got only about 8,000 stories left to tell.
My biggest hobby is starting new projects -- starting. Not completing. I'm still not done with the cross-stitched Army seal I started when our son joined out of high school. He did tours in Georgia, Colorado, Korea, Italy, Iraq, Afghanistan and Louisiana, and has been out for a few years. So I'm a little slow.
I like to think about getting organized, painting my living room in cool beachy colors, and turning my entire five-acre yard into a garden. I also dream about having every room in my house clean at exactly the same time, but I live by the motto of the woman who taught me to quilt: A clean house is the sign of a bored woman.
Knight Errant is about Nicholas, Jolie's ex, the lawyer of mob boss Jimmy Falcone, who did his dirty work for years all because he wanted to avenge the death of the woman he loved, so he did what he disliked collecting evidence and even refused to take a bargain plea and went to jail for five years. Nick is now out and defeated since Jimmy got out. He knows he will be killed but he doesn't care, hasn't for years.
Lainie has come to Serenity Street as a woman down on her luck working for Kathy's house and living over the bar but in reality she is an FBI agent and her job is to keep an eye on Nick. They start spending time together because of proximity and Nick wants more with her but Lainie always pushes him away despite the temptation. Her job is something she values and she does not want to cross the line. Her job has gotten her through a bad marriage, failed engagement, having no family to speak of and more.
But being with Nick shows her that there are possibilities in life but she is lying to him. The book was enjoyable, not awesome but decent.