A girl, stuck by Kelly Elizabeth Houston (Stephanie Tellas)

“A typically tough private investigator and criminology professor, Harry Smith distracts herself from heartbreak by diving headlong into her latest surveillance job. On a steamy New York City night, she sets out on foot, landing face to face with Trey Popov, a serious rising star in the Trubetzkoy crime family whose eyelashes just might be worth killing for. She escapes the verboten interaction but when the two meet again, Harry plunges undercover as a wholesome schoolteacher who turns Trey’s head despite his compulsion to climb the criminal ladder. Harry’s unconventional, scheme and forbidden attraction combust in a violent disaster. All she can do is work toward justice for her murdered police detective-dad. Along the way, she hopes to rescue the good, bad guy too far down the wrong road to be saved. For Harry, doing the right thing is also the hardest thing, but crossing some lines isn’t in your DNA when you bleed blue. Devastated by heartache, goaded by ambition, and blinded by attraction, Harry’s allegiances falter, and the differences between academic theory and real-life prove that no one makes it out unchanged. Hell, some don’t make it out at all. Trigger Warnings: explores law enforcement and mafia crime and all that comes with it, including brief violence ”
This is the 3rd in the series can be read as a stand alone, but I recommend reading the first 2 in the series first to get to know the characters. This was great story, the characters were quite entertaining , story was suspenseful with hint of comedy here and there. I give this book 4 stars.