by Ashlyn Chase
As a car pulled up to get around them, the passenger rolled down his window and yelled out, “It took two of you to arrest a girl. Pussies!” Then he and the driver laughed and drove off.
Wonderful. Typical adolescent humor.
“I have to pee,” said Priscilla from the back seat.
“We’ll be at the station in a few minutes,” Joe replied, glancing up at the rearview mirror, then he turned to Luca. “Officer Fierro… Would you be good enough to read our collar her rights?”
“Crap,” he muttered. With all the distractions, he’d forgotten about the damn Miranda rights. What a rookie mistake. “You have the right to remain silent.”
Priscilla began singing, “Silent night… Holy night…”
Luca tried raising his voice to be heard over her, but that only made her sing louder.
“Oh, for fuck’s sake.” Then he joined in and sang her her rights to the tune of the famous Christmas carol. “You have the right… To an attorney… If you can’t afford one… One will be appointed… If you decide to answer questions now… You have the right to stop until you talk to an attorney…”
“All right! All right!” she yelled. “Just stop. Your voice is worse than mine.”
“Great.” He finished the speech in a normal voice. “So, do you understand your rights as I’ve explained them to you?”
“Yes.”
“Are you willing to answer my questions without an attorney present?”
“No. Not until I pee, first. I’m apt to wet your back seat if I don’t get to a bathroom soon.”
“It wouldn’t be the first time,” Joe muttered. He had Luca call the station and inform them of the arrest and where the tow truck could find her car.
Their passenger was singing again. She certainly wasn’t a lounge singer, but now she was crying too. Her voice wobbled and cracked as she belted out a loud rendition of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”
Luca glanced over at Joe and raised his eyebrows. It wasn’t Christmas. It wasn’t even Halloween yet. He couldn’t wait to get to the station they had left only forty minutes ago.
“So, is this normal for a Monday night?” Luca asked.
“Normal?” Joe chuckled. “Fridays are usually heavy DUI nights, but nothing is ‘normal.’”
“Okay. Let me rephrase. Do you deal with this often? Including this level of uncooperativeness?”
“Her? This is nothing. Just wait until you have to arrest a suspect wearing green in a rowdy crowd on St. Patrick’s Day.”
A Phoenix Is Forever
On sale March 2019!
Acknowledgments
Thanks to my editor, Cat Clyne, for giving me the freedom to let the story evolve into one book about two brothers. Being best friends, roommates, and fellow firefighters, it was impossible for me to separate them in my brain.
And thanks also to Rachel Gilmer for doing great line edits and catching the mistakes I had missed. Hey, it happens to every writer. Thank goodness for a second pair of eyes to make sure our readers don’t have to see those embarrassing oopsies.
As always, I want to thank my superb agent, Nicole Resciniti, for, well, everything!
I’m eternally grateful to my readers. Thanks for coming along for the ride.
About the Author
Ashlyn Chase describes herself as an Almond Joy bar: a little nutty, a little flaky, but basically sweet, wanting only to give her readers a satisfying experience.
She holds a degree in behavioral sciences, worked as a psychiatric RN for fifteen years, and spent a few more years working for the American Red Cross. She credits her sense of humor to her former careers since comedy helped preserve whatever was left of her sanity. She is a multipublished, award-winning author of humorous erotic and paranormal romances, represented by the Seymour Agency.
Ashlyn lives in beautiful New Hampshire with her true-life hero husband who looks like Hugh Jackman with a salt-and-pepper dye job, and they’re owned by a spoiled brat cat.
Ashlyn loves to hear from readers! Visit ashlynchase.com to sign up for her newsletter. She’s also on Facebook (AuthorAshlynChase), Twitter (@GoddessAsh), Yahoo groups (ashlynsnewbestfriends), and ask her to sign your ebook at authorgraph.com.
I Dream of Dragons
Tempers flare and sparks fly in award-winning author Ashlyn Chase’s Boston Dragons series
When Rory Arish and his two fiery dragon siblings are run out of their ancestral Irish home, it seems their luck has run out—until they arrive in Boston and find a paranormal-friendly apartment building. There’s only one problem: Rory’s new lair has simultaneously been rented to an infuriating woman who is as stubborn as she is beautiful and will not leave “her” apartment, no matter how steamed he may be…
Holing up in their respective corners, who will be the first to blink…or give in to their off-the-charts chemistry and decide to make this unorthodox living arrangement a little more permanent?
“This story has it all: laughter, tears, magic, and sizzling heat.”
—Night Owl Reviews TOP PICK, 5 Stars
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My Wild Irish Dragon
One job opening, two shifters = Sparks fly
Dragon shifter Chloe Arish is hell-bent on becoming a Boston firefighter. She knows she has to work every bit as hard as a man—harder if she wants their respect.
Born into a legendary Boston firefighting family, phoenix shifter Ryan Fierro can’t possibly let someone best him on the job. He’d never hear the end of it. When a feisty new recruit seems determined to do just that, Ryan plots to kick her out—until their sizzling chemistry turns explosive…
“Pure pleasure. It’s like spending time with your favorite friends.”
—Night Owl Reviews TOP PICK for How to Date a Dragon
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Never Dare a Dragon
Dragon and phoenix shifters collide with fiery results in Ashlyn Chase’s third Boston Dragons book
Lieutenant Jayce Fierro belongs to a legendary Boston firefighting family of phoenix shifters. Hiding his true form makes relationships impossible, so when he hits it off with a fellow shifter and firefighter, he’s thrilled. Less thrilling? Finding out she lives in New York—three hours away.
Dragon shifter and firefighter for the NYC Fire Department Kristine Scott can’t stop thinking about Jayce. She’s determined to control the heat between them, but when Kristine lands herself in a blaze of trouble, Jayce will do whatever it takes to help…and prove he’s worth the distance.
“A great addition to Chase’s stellar library.”
—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars, for My Wild Irish Dragon
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Hooked on a Phoenix
Locked in a bank vault together…They might redefine the meaning of “safe” sex
Misty Carlisle works as a bank teller in Boston’s financial district. She’s had more rotten luck in her life than most, except when her childhood crush shows up to cash his paycheck. Then her heart races and her mouth goes dry.
Gabe Fierro is a firefighter—and a phoenix. Like his brothers, his biggest challenge is finding a woman open-minded enough to accept a shape-shifter into her life. When his boyhood friend asks him to watch over his little sister, Misty, he reluctantly agrees. But when the bank where she works gets held up, Gabe does everything he can to protect her. The two of them end up locked in the bank’s vault…where things get steamier than either of them ever imagined.
“Shapeshifting done right! This fast-paced romance is a must-read.”
—RT Book Reviews, 4 Stars
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Also by Ashlyn Chas
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STRANGE NEIGHBORS
Strange Neighbors
The Werewolf Upstairs
The Vampire Next Door
FLIRTING WITH FANGS
Flirting Under a Full Moon
How to Date a Dragon
Kissing with Fangs
BOSTON DRAGONS
I Dream of Dragons
My Wild Irish Dragon
Never Dare a Dragon
PHOENIX BROTHERS
Hooked on a Phoenix
More than a Phoenix
A Phoenix Is Forever
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