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Real Trouble by Elle Keaton
West Coast Forensics, Book 1
Two men on opposite sides of the law: will they be able to set aside their differences and trust love?
Danylo Peters has issues, lots of them. He’s not on Piedras Island by accident, he’s not a nice guy, and Peters isn’t his real name. Dany’s hiding, trying to escape his family’s influence and start a new life. But he must have been born under a bad sign because the very man he’s really running from is one of the first he runs into.
A new life in a new town seemed like the right decision for Soren Jorgenson, especially after a difficult case left him recovering from a gunshot wound and lonely as he’d ever been. Finding Dany living on Piedras brings back all the feelings he’d tried to lock away. He’s angry and bitter and Dany is not going to continue to get away with his old tricks. Too bad Dany is just as compelling as he ever was.
The two men find themselves on opposite sides of Soren’s first case on Piedras, but neither is able to deny the attraction between them. They keep finding themselves in compromising situations; if they’re found out there will be Real Trouble.
Real Trouble is set in the Veiled Intentions world, while familiar characters appear Real Trouble can be read as a standalone. Real Trouble is a dual POV following Soren Jorgenson and Danylo Peters as they fight their way to their HEA and is the first in the new West Coast Forensics series. These characters originally appeared in the Shielded Hearts series (formally Accidental Roots).
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“If you don’t have anything to hide, why are you using a fake name?”
Soren had to know as well as Dany did that the Petyr name would not be well received on Piedras. And Soren knew, or he should, that Dany was not like the rest of his family. Therefore, he was trying to be an asshole, and largely succeeding.
Ignoring the question, Dany turned away from the door and crossed the large, open room. The kitchen was located on one end, a freestanding counter separating it from the rest of the room. At the far end a couch he’d picked up from the local consignment store was arranged in front of a beat-up coffee table, creating a living room. The crossword book he’d finished the other day lay on the counter where he’d tossed it.
Soren would follow him inside. Whatever else happened, that much Dany was sure of. Goose bumps formed on his arms; awareness of Soren’s proximity skimmed across his skin and made him shiver. He wasn’t afraid, he was turned on.
As Dany reached the overstuffed, light-green couch, the quiet snick of the door catching reached his ears. He flopped down onto the sofa. It protested with a loud creak and slid flush against the wall, but it held.
He didn’t bother to hide his perusal of Soren as he moved closer. He watched as Soren took in Dany’s space, the ugly couch and coffee table, the tiny kitchen table built for two, shiny pots and pans hanging from a rack set into the ceiling above the stove. His knives. Not much else. He sure wasn’t going to display pictures of his relatives, and he didn’t collect art. Although now that he followed Soren’s intelligent gaze as it flicked around his space, maybe he should at least get a poster or two to cover the blank walls.
Soren looked good. Pissed off, but good. Older. His face also seemed a little harder, more chiseled. He’d put on more bulk, like he was going to out-muscle Chris Hemsworth, or at least try. The sheriff’s office uniform did nothing to hide his toned arms, broad chest, narrow waist, or wide thighs. If anything, the ugly tactical pants and button-down shirt seemed as if they’d been tailored just for him. Dany had spotted Sheriff Dempsey once or twice since he’d moved to the island. In his opinion, the sheriff didn’t wear the uniform nearly as well.
“Have a seat.” Dany patted the cushion next to him.”
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About the Author:
Elle Keaton writes contemporary gay romance and MM romantic suspense set in the Pacific Northwest. Elle’s books are known for their hot mm romance, complex characters, and unique sense of place. The men start out broken, and maybe they’re still banged up by the end, but they always find the other half of their hearts.
Elle published first in 2017, now she has over seventeen books available for you to read or listen to. She loves cats and dogs, Star Wars and Star Trek, pineapple on pizza, and is known to start crossword puzzles with a ballpoint pen.
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