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Trinity Street West #2
Lover Under Cover
TRINITY STREET WEST
RITA Award Winning Author
In a world of shadows…
BENEATH THE SURFACE…
Running away had never been Caitlin Murphy's style, especially when a child's life had been claimed by the dangers of Trinity Street West. And the one man whose help she needed was a cocky detective with a love 'em and leave 'em reputation….
LAY A LOVER'S SECRETS.
But Quisto Romero wasn't exactly what she'd expected. He was willing to infiltrate a ruthless gang to catch the young boy's killer. And he would do anything to slip past Caitlin's defenses to find the vulnerable, passionate woman underneath….
TRINITY STREET WEST. Where danger lies around every corner~and the biggest danger of all is falling in love.
RITA Award Winning Author
In a world of shadows…
BENEATH THE SURFACE…
Running away had never been Caitlin Murphy's style, especially when a child's life had been claimed by the dangers of Trinity Street West. And the one man whose help she needed was a cocky detective with a love 'em and leave 'em reputation….
LAY A LOVER'S SECRETS.
But Quisto Romero wasn't exactly what she'd expected. He was willing to infiltrate a ruthless gang to catch the young boy's killer. And he would do anything to slip past Caitlin's defenses to find the vulnerable, passionate woman underneath….
TRINITY STREET WEST. Where danger lies around every corner~and the biggest danger of all is falling in love.
250 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
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61 people want to read
About the author
Justine Davis
252 books216 followersAuthor biographies are supposed to give you all those statistics, books written, awards won, etc. and I will, I promise...but first let me tell you about this ornery little tomboy (back then, the boys had all the fun...) who was always the one to make up the stories the neighborhood kids would "play". For those who came of age in the computer game era, this is something that was done usually in the backyard, by any number of summer-bored children, with props where appropriate. (Did you know a 55 gallon drum tied to a picnic bench makes a very cool horse?) It wasn't until much later that this tomboy realized two things: A) not everyone made up stories in their heads all the time, and B) in real life, the boys that had already had all the fun now seemed to always be winning.
But I digress. I was born on a farm down in Iowa....well, not quite, but close; Boone, Iowa is in the middle of farm country, but I arrived at a hospital. In a snow storm. Make that a blizzard. My sister tells me she knew my destiny when I was very young, because when I first saw the Disney classic Old Yeller, I was apparently so upset that I promptly went home and rewrote the story. In my version, the dog lived, of course. Should have been a clue.
Possibly in response to that blizzard I was born in, I've been a West Coaster since before I was a year old, and intend to stay that way. I have a history of staying. I started my first full time job right out of school (well, there was a very brief sojourn at a place where they made, among other things, burial vaults, but I prefer not to recall that one...) and stayed for twenty-one years. I've been married to the same wonderful guy for going on two decades now. We lived in our last house for seventeen years. (I won't even mention how many dumpsters we filled moving after that long....)
Readers seem as fascinated by my first career as they are with my writing. My time in law enforcement was many things, exciting, nerve wracking, and irritating, but most importantly never, ever boring. It was fascinating enough that I didn't think about writing seriously for several years. I kept a journal, and wrote long letters, collected quotes, mentally rewrote movies, and still made up those stories in my head, but never dreamed of actually writing for publication. I was having too much fun helping to catch bad guys, and being continually amazed at the situations people get themselves into. And eventually I walked away with a wealth of background and story ideas, and knowing some truly great people who work very hard to keep all of us safe. I'm proud to have been one of them, and I'm very aware that I have had the great good fortune of having had two jobs in my life that I love. Many people don't get even one.
But now that I'm in the delicious position of being able to make a living telling those stories in my head, I promise my readers two things: A) I'm staying--I'll keep writing as long as you keep reading, and B) in my stories, the girl--tomboy or not--always wins!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
And now, the official stats:
Justine Dare Davis sold her first book in 1989, and followed that up with the sale of nineteen novels in less than two years. Her first four books were published in 1991, and she saw all reach the finals for either the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award or the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award. She has since won the RITA award four times, along with several Reviewer's Choice awards and three Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. At the 1998 national conference, Justine was inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame, making her one of a very select group of just eight writers. She also had four titles on the Romantic Times "Top 200 of All Time" list. Her sales now total more than 45, and her books have appeared regularly on best seller lists, including the USA Today list. She has been featured in several local newspapers and nationwide by Associated Press, has appeared on CN
But I digress. I was born on a farm down in Iowa....well, not quite, but close; Boone, Iowa is in the middle of farm country, but I arrived at a hospital. In a snow storm. Make that a blizzard. My sister tells me she knew my destiny when I was very young, because when I first saw the Disney classic Old Yeller, I was apparently so upset that I promptly went home and rewrote the story. In my version, the dog lived, of course. Should have been a clue.
Possibly in response to that blizzard I was born in, I've been a West Coaster since before I was a year old, and intend to stay that way. I have a history of staying. I started my first full time job right out of school (well, there was a very brief sojourn at a place where they made, among other things, burial vaults, but I prefer not to recall that one...) and stayed for twenty-one years. I've been married to the same wonderful guy for going on two decades now. We lived in our last house for seventeen years. (I won't even mention how many dumpsters we filled moving after that long....)
Readers seem as fascinated by my first career as they are with my writing. My time in law enforcement was many things, exciting, nerve wracking, and irritating, but most importantly never, ever boring. It was fascinating enough that I didn't think about writing seriously for several years. I kept a journal, and wrote long letters, collected quotes, mentally rewrote movies, and still made up those stories in my head, but never dreamed of actually writing for publication. I was having too much fun helping to catch bad guys, and being continually amazed at the situations people get themselves into. And eventually I walked away with a wealth of background and story ideas, and knowing some truly great people who work very hard to keep all of us safe. I'm proud to have been one of them, and I'm very aware that I have had the great good fortune of having had two jobs in my life that I love. Many people don't get even one.
But now that I'm in the delicious position of being able to make a living telling those stories in my head, I promise my readers two things: A) I'm staying--I'll keep writing as long as you keep reading, and B) in my stories, the girl--tomboy or not--always wins!
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
And now, the official stats:
Justine Dare Davis sold her first book in 1989, and followed that up with the sale of nineteen novels in less than two years. Her first four books were published in 1991, and she saw all reach the finals for either the Romantic Times Reviewer's Choice Award or the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award. She has since won the RITA award four times, along with several Reviewer's Choice awards and three Career Achievement awards from Romantic Times. At the 1998 national conference, Justine was inducted into the RWA Hall of Fame, making her one of a very select group of just eight writers. She also had four titles on the Romantic Times "Top 200 of All Time" list. Her sales now total more than 45, and her books have appeared regularly on best seller lists, including the USA Today list. She has been featured in several local newspapers and nationwide by Associated Press, has appeared on CN
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May 5, 2011
Lover Under Cover starts with a slap, literally. Quisto (cop) our hero and Chance's partner and best friend is slapped by a woman called Caitlin who accuses him of leading a 14 year old child to his death.
Quisto is the youngest of 8 kids, and his parents fled from Cuba. He's a player but he is an honest one, he never made any promises and was always up-front about what he could give. He believes that his job is too dangerous for a woman and he is determined not to put someone through what his mother had to do(after his father left to fight a cause). Trinity West is an area filled with gangs and violence and it was only due to his mother's determination that Quisto never ended up just as a statistic. Quisto loves his family and his various nephews and nieces but it determined to be alone, even though the changes in his partner's life have him yearning for more. He has seen so much bad in his life as a cop that he doesn't believe in miracles. In short he is a complete opposite to Caitlin.
Caitlin runs a club of sorts for kids in one of the toughest areas in town. She is determined to make kids see that they can lead a different life or offer them respite atleast for a few hours. She is a teacher and even though people write her off as a naive fool, who trusts people easily, she is determined in her cause. So, when Eddie one of the kids she believed would make it is murdered she runs right upto Quisto who she believes is partly responsible. Though she is quickly dis-abused of that fact when she sees Quisto's reaction, she is determined to bring justice to Eddie even when people write him off as another kid.
It was good to see Caitlin and Quisto clashing. Quisto was concerned about her and the risks she was taking in order to find out what happened to Eddie and even in running a Neutral Zone. He even gets some proof to show to Caitlin that not all kids are innocent and Caitlin says she is aware of that but she doesn't want to judge and then seeing how all of this makes her cry Quisto just melts.
Caitlin wasn't naive and yes twice when she runs into a situation she shouldn't have I felt like smacking her but her heart was in the right place.
I enjoyed the book and seeing Quisto fall for Caitlin. The relationship is very subtly done.
Quisto is the youngest of 8 kids, and his parents fled from Cuba. He's a player but he is an honest one, he never made any promises and was always up-front about what he could give. He believes that his job is too dangerous for a woman and he is determined not to put someone through what his mother had to do(after his father left to fight a cause). Trinity West is an area filled with gangs and violence and it was only due to his mother's determination that Quisto never ended up just as a statistic. Quisto loves his family and his various nephews and nieces but it determined to be alone, even though the changes in his partner's life have him yearning for more. He has seen so much bad in his life as a cop that he doesn't believe in miracles. In short he is a complete opposite to Caitlin.
Caitlin runs a club of sorts for kids in one of the toughest areas in town. She is determined to make kids see that they can lead a different life or offer them respite atleast for a few hours. She is a teacher and even though people write her off as a naive fool, who trusts people easily, she is determined in her cause. So, when Eddie one of the kids she believed would make it is murdered she runs right upto Quisto who she believes is partly responsible. Though she is quickly dis-abused of that fact when she sees Quisto's reaction, she is determined to bring justice to Eddie even when people write him off as another kid.
It was good to see Caitlin and Quisto clashing. Quisto was concerned about her and the risks she was taking in order to find out what happened to Eddie and even in running a Neutral Zone. He even gets some proof to show to Caitlin that not all kids are innocent and Caitlin says she is aware of that but she doesn't want to judge and then seeing how all of this makes her cry Quisto just melts.
Caitlin wasn't naive and yes twice when she runs into a situation she shouldn't have I felt like smacking her but her heart was in the right place.
I enjoyed the book and seeing Quisto fall for Caitlin. The relationship is very subtly done.
May 12, 2011
As usual a good story. I'd like to have more insides about Ryan's story. What made him the man he is now. I liked the interaction between them. She's a great heroine strong and smart. Love this kind of woman!
January 21, 2016
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March 5, 2015
I remember really liking this series when I read it back in the '90's. Not as good as I'd recalled but okay.
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