Love Bytes says hello and welcome to author Brooke Edwards joining us today to talk about the Casus Fortuitus series.

The new release “Over and Again” is releasing December 23 rd and Brooke is sharing an exclusive excerpt with us!

Brooke also brought a giveaway for our readers, have a chance to win an ecopy of the first book in this series ” Mens Rea”.

Welcome Brooke 🙂

 

Book One: Mens Rea

James Carter is a career cop who married young, became a widower young, and then his life revolved around his son and his job. Young is a recurring theme, he thinks, when he meets the considerably younger-than-him AUSA Derek Moore. For the first time in years, James finds himself subject to the whims of his heart. The path to love between a hotshot lawyer and a veteran cop was never going to be smooth, not in the real world. Criminals, misunderstandings and a complete lack of communication stand in their way too. Both too stubborn to budge, and utterly convinced that their feelings aren’t reciprocated, James and Derek themselves are the biggest obstacles to their own happiness. A murder case might be just enough to force them to get their act together.

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Book Two: Law and Disorder

James Carter and Derek Moore fought their way through attraction and misunderstandings to get to where they are today. Sure, they’re still figuring out how to make things work between their careers and families, but their whole world is rose-tinted with the glow of new love. Reality hits with the force of a speeding truck when a criminal starts waging a campaign of terror against the justice system. Suddenly law enforcement officers and lawyers all across the city are living in fear as their careers put them right in the cross-hairs of a deranged killer and James and Derek’s honeymoon period falls to ruins. With James’s protectiveness driving a wedge between them and Derek pulling away as the target on his back grows even bigger, their future is thrown into jeopardy. While Derek struggles with demons from his past, it’s up to James to catch the killer and put them back on the path to their happily ever after.

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Book Three: Cause and Effect

In the aftermath of a psychopath’s obsession-fuelled murder spree through New York, Detective Daniel Callahan feels like he’s been hit by a wrecking ball. It turns out that watching your best friend and your boss fall in love only to nearly lose it all takes a toll on a guy’s emotional stability.  Peter Saracen has an out-of-control crush on the belligerent detective who seems to want nothing more than to toss him into a cell and throw away the key. When the body of an unidentified gang member is pulled from the East River and an old nemesis breaks out of prison, Peter finds himself on a whole new collision course with Daniel. The line between personal and professional begins to blur. The dangers of the present take aim at the fragile possibility of Daniel and Peter’s happily-ever-after, while ghosts of the past threaten the deepening bond between Daniel’s boss James Carter and Assistant US Attorney, Derek Moore. With everything against them, there might not be any coming back from this.

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Book Four: Over and Again

It’s been a hell of a year in New York City. Detective Cohen Bailey is determined to put Jake Bartlett, the last remaining threat, behind bars for good. To do that, he’s going to need all the help he can get. Their team is still reeling from almost losing two of their own and Cohen knows that if there was ever a chance to prove himself, this is it.

Brock Hart is a pinch-hitter for the Department of Justice, a mobile asset that moves with the big cases and steps in to clean up messes when they occur. Prosecuting isn’t all done in the courtroom, and Brock’s got a personal connection of his own to this particular case. Detective Cohen Bailey is attractive, competent and more importantly, half Brock’s age. Brock’s better off sticking to his long-time no-strings arrangement than risking it all on Cohen.

The more they dig into the web surrounding Bartlett, the more certain they become that there’s something bigger going on. Neither of them have the time to fall into bed together, let alone fall in love, but if there’s anything Brock’s learned it’s that sometimes, the best choices are the ones you don’t mean to make.
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Exclusive excerpt from Over and Again, the final instalment of the series coming 23^rd December!

Brock isn’t surprised that Daniel Callahan isn’t around. Disappointed, maybe, but not surprised. The leadership vacuum is obvious even to an outsider, but Cohen Bailey is younger than Brock would have expected him to be, as well versed in this particular case as he is. Competent enough, he learns quickly, but young all the same. His nervous tics are painfully obvious, tapping fingers and the muscle jumping in his cheek made worse by the bruised shadows under his eyes. Brock isn’t surprised at that either, not with what Marian had said in her email. He’d caught himself on the verge of typing out messages to Derek more than once over the last couple of days.

It’s barely been two days since he learned it, but Brock already wants to go back to the days before he knew Jake Bartlett’s name. There’s a vicious satisfaction in knowing that Coy Fairhall won’t ever breathe again, but Jake Bartlett’s rap sheet and mugshot have carved out a place of their own at the back of Brock’s mind. It takes something special to make it there. He slides one of his cards across the table until it rests under Cohen’s fingers.

“My cell number is on the back,” he says, willing back the tired itch in his eyes. “I’m staying downtown.”

“I’ll pass it along.” Cohen’s mouth twitches slightly, and Brock doesn’t have time to figure out whether it’s a yawn or a smile before it’s gone. The younger man’s expression wavers, tiredness and professionalism warring for control. Brock holds out a hand, and Cohen shakes it firmly. His hands are large and solid, and the rough calluses along the bases of his fingers drag against Brock’s palm when he releases his grip. His lips turn up into a tiny smile, one that doesn’t make it to his eyes but doesn’t seem any less genuine for it.

“We’ll be in touch,” Brock says, tucking his hand into his pocket and turning on his heel. The officers in the bullpen watch him from the corners of their eyes as he passes, and the receptionist doesn’t even bother to disguise the fact. Her gaze sticks to him as he passes, watching his progress without so much as blinking.

The breeze carries exhaust fumes when the outside air hits Brock a few minutes later, and he breathes out as some of the tension leeches out of his shoulders. Wet asphalt and smog hang heavy in his nose, and he plucks at the fabric of his shirt where it sticks to his chest. The pavement is spotted with spatters of rain, but they get fainter and dry up right before his eyes. He always misses New York when he’s anywhere else, and wonders why when he gets back.

Brock turns right and starts walking, rolling his shoulders back and stretching his neck out. The hum of traffic and the pounding of hundreds of feet on the pavement around him settles in his ears. Eight-and-a-half-million people crammed into a city barely three hundred square miles is a hell of a feat, and he always forgets just a little every time he spends time away. The sharp edge of his fingernail catches at the mound of his thumb as Brock remembers how much harder it becomes to find someone in such a densely populated area. Manhunts in crowded cities are never ideal because unless you incite panic and lock it down, if someone doesn’t want to be found there are just too many people to get lost in.

He glances behind him and catches sight of a taxi with its Vacancy light on. It takes a precious few seconds to push his way closer to the street and wave an arm, but the taxi’s blinker comes on and it rolls to a stop a moment later. The driver is an older man, salt-and-pepper bearded and with a mop of wiry hair, but his eyes are sharp. Brock glances down at the pocket containing his cell and makes a quick decision he already knows is stupid. New York always seems to bring it out in him. “The Frederick, thanks,” he says, climbing into the back of the taxi and pulling his cell out as he goes.

Scrolling to the E section of his contact list, he taps the envelope icon.

At the Frederick. Will leave a key card for you at the desk. [14:01]

Settling into the seat, he pulls the belt across his chest and glances back toward the front. The driver is patiently waiting for a break in traffic to pull back out onto the road. Brock tips his head back against the headrest with a sigh.

Brooke Edwards is an Australian LGBTQ+ author and dreamer, slowly working her way through the stories that keep demanding (loudly) to be told. She’s hopelessly obsessed with procedural law enforcement shows, flawed human beings and coffee – not necessarily in that order. A hybrid author, Brooke’s first books were released through Dreamspinner Press in 2015 and 2016, followed by self-published ventures in 2017 and onwards.

 

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Brooke brought a giveaway for our readers

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