Faith - Book #5Hooker turned nanny, Faith Whitely, known to her johns as Sunshine, has struggled to be a decent person all her life. And her options were never the same as the good girls in town. Growing up with a sick mother and limited resources, she does the best she can until a man she loves dies in a violent, intolerable situation where she blames herself. Then her world crumbles into drugs and self-hate. She's saved by the sound of a baby's cry, an unmanageable child who she bonds with and then needs as much as she wants his daddy.Any luck Steven Corella has with the women in his life has been all bad. Sensitive, a man who works in a job unsuited to his inner nature, he manages to fool the world. When he finds he's to become a daddy, the tough-guy personality he's been portraying all along turns real. He hardens his heart and hides behind thick walls of protection he's carefully erected. And then Sunshine enters his world, and nothing makes sense anymore.Leni - Book #6 Leni Santino's happy life turns upside down from five words uttered carelessly, "Sergio Mandalas killed your cousin." Stunned speechless, her heart closes and the hard facade she'd warn in the past returns. Everything she loves becomes meaningless. While her wonderful Mani, the man who gave up his future for her, died senselessly, how can she carry on, knowing his killer walks free?When her long-lost mother, a woman she'd never met, appears to warn her that a blackmailer has found out the family secret, everything spins unbearably out of control.Detective Mike Kowalski loves the spirited boxing chick in every way a man can idolize his woman. But he feels her slipping away. With the help of their friends, he tries to keep her safe. In the end, the choices were hers to make. All he could do was stand by and watch... And be ready to pick up the pieces.
