Take Me As I Am
(2024)(The seventh book in the Center City First Responders series)
A novel by Reina Torres
If there's someone in pain or in need in Center City, these courageous men and women are there to help. Fire, Police, Medical, Dispatch and more. They'll be there.
Detective Walker Ashley & Kennedy Heart
Walker's normally happy to let folks think he's a man who doesn't think about the future. He's usually got his nose in a case. If it's not a fresh one to solve, he likes to dig around into cold cases. He likes his job.
He doesn't like people. Well, not many of them. He especially has a problem with demanding people. People who want things from him and that includes Kennedy Heart. She pushes his buttons in a way that makes him wonder if she's the woman who could make him want to settle down.
Kennedy is Center City's most popular on-the-street TV reporter. She doesn't take no for an answer and has a way of wheedling the story out of people. Her bosses think she's just there until she can work up to a bigger market, but she's happy in Center City. Mostly.
She loves uncovering the stories in her city, but that doesn't explain why she keeps picking at Detective Ashley. They don't get along. They clash in ways that make her crave more. Their push and pull gives her a crazy kind of satisfaction and it's a kind of foreplay that makes her wonder what it might be like to open herself to love.
Kennedy's brilliant methods of digging up the truth puts her in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal and Walker's going to do whatever he can to keep her safe, no matter what it costs because he finally found someone willing to take him as he is.
Discover the interwoven lives of first responders in Center City. When there’s trouble, the brave and devoted members of Center City’s Fire, Medical, Law Enforcement, EMT, the 911 Call Center, and the Courts band together to make their city a better place, falling in love along the way.
Genre: Romance
Detective Walker Ashley & Kennedy Heart
Walker's normally happy to let folks think he's a man who doesn't think about the future. He's usually got his nose in a case. If it's not a fresh one to solve, he likes to dig around into cold cases. He likes his job.
He doesn't like people. Well, not many of them. He especially has a problem with demanding people. People who want things from him and that includes Kennedy Heart. She pushes his buttons in a way that makes him wonder if she's the woman who could make him want to settle down.
Kennedy is Center City's most popular on-the-street TV reporter. She doesn't take no for an answer and has a way of wheedling the story out of people. Her bosses think she's just there until she can work up to a bigger market, but she's happy in Center City. Mostly.
She loves uncovering the stories in her city, but that doesn't explain why she keeps picking at Detective Ashley. They don't get along. They clash in ways that make her crave more. Their push and pull gives her a crazy kind of satisfaction and it's a kind of foreplay that makes her wonder what it might be like to open herself to love.
Kennedy's brilliant methods of digging up the truth puts her in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal and Walker's going to do whatever he can to keep her safe, no matter what it costs because he finally found someone willing to take him as he is.
Discover the interwoven lives of first responders in Center City. When there’s trouble, the brave and devoted members of Center City’s Fire, Medical, Law Enforcement, EMT, the 911 Call Center, and the Courts band together to make their city a better place, falling in love along the way.
Genre: Romance
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