Her small bar was packed to the rafters with regulars, Jett’s family and friends, his publisher and his editor. Everyone was in a celebratory mood. His latest book had released and rocketed to number one on the New York Times bestseller list during the first week of sales. Critics and reviewers were calling it his best book ever, raving over the intensity of the criminal investigation while marveling over a new element. Jett’s detective had found himself a new female partner. It seemed Riley James had fallen head over heels for a straight-shooting, ball-busting, sexy-as-sin bartender. Longtime female fans of his series were delighted to see the diehard hero reveal his romantic side and they swooned over the sexy scenes Carissa had helped her lover research for the story. Caliph lifted his glass, toasting his baby brother as everyone clinked glasses and drank. Carissa grinned when Jett handed his mother a check for two-hundred dollars, claiming he was paying her back for the loan she’d floated him when he first started writing.
