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Bottlecap & Babylon: A Tripoli Novella
If you loved
A Tripoli Duet
and want to know exactly how York ended up in that hotel room with Theresa and why William hated her so much, this is the prequel for you!
It was meticulously planned. No one knew where he was. And then he met her.
After gathering intel, finding weak links, and paying off all the right people, William finds himself in Venice for an important exchange that has been months in the making.
But when the strategically selected hotel he is staying at turns out to be a hot spot for beautiful women, rowdy doctors, and high-level criminals alike, William sees an opportunity to expand Sentinel’s intel network, that is, if he can secure an informant.
Babylon, the sharp and beautiful hotel bartender is the obvious choice, but as William plots to win Babylon over it becomes clear that her attention is not the only attention he’s earned this weekend. Between Sentinel’s forger, the mob, Interpol, and a couple of swingers, William’s intuition is telling him to take what he came for and leave—with or without a new informant in place.
But William doesn’t like unfinished things.
He’ll make this exchange and secure his informant.
And he will regret it.
It was meticulously planned. No one knew where he was. And then he met her.
After gathering intel, finding weak links, and paying off all the right people, William finds himself in Venice for an important exchange that has been months in the making.
But when the strategically selected hotel he is staying at turns out to be a hot spot for beautiful women, rowdy doctors, and high-level criminals alike, William sees an opportunity to expand Sentinel’s intel network, that is, if he can secure an informant.
Babylon, the sharp and beautiful hotel bartender is the obvious choice, but as William plots to win Babylon over it becomes clear that her attention is not the only attention he’s earned this weekend. Between Sentinel’s forger, the mob, Interpol, and a couple of swingers, William’s intuition is telling him to take what he came for and leave—with or without a new informant in place.
But William doesn’t like unfinished things.
He’ll make this exchange and secure his informant.
And he will regret it.
121 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 15, 2025
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November 23, 2025
This novella focusing on Will—Bottlecap—was exactly the missing piece I didn’t know I needed. After reading the first two books, stepping back into his past felt like peeling open a door that had only ever been cracked. And what’s inside? Raw, sharp, and absolutely gripping.
Getting the story of what happened with Babylon before the events of the first book hits with so much more weight than I expected. It’s written with that same smooth, cinematic quality that pulls you right into the moment.
What I loved most is how this novella deepens everything we thought we knew about him in Ravens and Three Over Aces. His loyalty, his fear, the pressure he was under—it all makes even more sense now. And somehow, this short story manages to make him both tougher and more vulnerable at the same time.
This is a small book with a big punch and again, just when you think you know where it’s going, it shifts and takes your breath with it. If you’ve read the first two, this novella is essential—it fills in the emotional shadows and shows exactly how Babylon shaped the man Will becomes. I tore through it in one sitting and would do it again without hesitation.
Getting the story of what happened with Babylon before the events of the first book hits with so much more weight than I expected. It’s written with that same smooth, cinematic quality that pulls you right into the moment.
What I loved most is how this novella deepens everything we thought we knew about him in Ravens and Three Over Aces. His loyalty, his fear, the pressure he was under—it all makes even more sense now. And somehow, this short story manages to make him both tougher and more vulnerable at the same time.
This is a small book with a big punch and again, just when you think you know where it’s going, it shifts and takes your breath with it. If you’ve read the first two, this novella is essential—it fills in the emotional shadows and shows exactly how Babylon shaped the man Will becomes. I tore through it in one sitting and would do it again without hesitation.
January 12, 2026
5⭐️-Ughhh chefs freaking kiss. I needed this back story like I needed air. This was perfection.
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