The Coast [A Heartbreaking Ride : The Test Drive] (Siren Publishing Allure)

A Heartbreaking Ride [Siren Classic: Erotic Contemporary Romantic Suspense, HEA] Like a pendulum, the life of a detective can quickly swing from tedium to terror. That?s how Xander McKenzie finds life as an officer in the special investigations unit at the coast. After months of dating, Lexi Marshall is ready to tell Xander more about her past, and the real reason she makes it a priority to sit on the community policing board. Concerned about the woman he loves, the detective has to put Lexi's cold case on the back burner when he and his partner, Dennis, are summoned to the scene of a school bus crash. A quiet day at the precinct is about to turn chaotic. With reckless abandon, the lives of thirty-eight children are turned upside down when a 25,000 pound vehicle careens off the road. After every ambulance and emergency worker leaves the scene, it's up to Xander and Dennis to piece together the evidence and determine what went wrong. Both Lexi and a bus full of children will endure a heartbreaking ride in this story of love and healing in the wake of criminal recklessness. Taken from the headlines of a real life community, this story has been fictionalized to fit the characters and setting of The Coast. ** The Test Drive [Siren Allure: Erotic Contemporary Romantic Suspense, consensual BDSM, sex toys, HEA] After meeting the new bombshell of a cheerleading coach during his investigation of a spree of petty thefts, detective Dennis Blain takes the perky brunette out on a date. After a wild encounter that leaves him wanting more, he's pulled away when he and detective Xander McKenzie are summoned to the home of Tom and Sheri Dogma to investigate the disappearance of the husband and father who left on a test drive to sell a truck listed on Craigslist and never returned. The two detectives investigate leads on the missing person and seek out witnesses as they work with a community that is stunned by the inexplicable disappearance. Escaping the case during the few personal hours they're afforded, Xander works through a fight with Lexi while Dennis discovers that his cheerleader has an emerging interest in his private collection of toys he keeps tucked away in a wardrobe in the closet. Taken from the headlines of a real life community, this tragic story has been fictionalized to fit the characters and setting of The Coast. ** A Siren Erotic Romance