His Partner's Wife

This book is the first in a series of good books-Part Romance, Part Detective Mystery.Natalie Reed is a widow of a cop and works in a Newspaper in a small safe town. One day she comes home from work to find a dead body in her husbands study and goes to her neighbors house. John McLean is the cop that gets called to investigate the dead body in Natalies house. He is also her husband Stuarts former partner and a single father. John feels that Natalie is not safe in her house so she stays with him. There is only one problem, their attraction to one another!With the help of his partner as well as his two younger brothers, Conner and Hugh (each of whom find romance in other books) John is able to crack the case of the body in Natalies house, but ends up learning more than he wanted to about his former and current partner.

Ever since John McLean's partner, Stuart Reed, died, the Fort Dare detective has done whatever he could to help Stuart's widow Natalie. Whether painting her house or telephoning occasionally to make sure she's okay, John has lived by the cop's code: if your partner dies, take care of his family. And always, Natalie has found some way to repay him because she doesn't want to feel obligated to anyone ever again. But suddenly, she finds a body in her study, and she hopes the man coming to the rescue will be John. She finds comfort in his arms, because he's become her friend. However, when he insists she stay at his house, she realizes she might want more than just friendship.Single dad, John, supports his ex who requires skilled medical care, but even before she became ill, he knew their marriage was unraveling. Now,he'd like to keep Natalie around, but he feels he has no right to lust after his partner's widow, especially when he has domestic obligations himself.When a second intruder breaks into Natalie's house, John realizes something sinister is going on, and it might involve his late partner. How can he get to the root of the problem without shattering lovely Natalie's belief in her husband? And how can he not lose his heart along the way?This is the first in a trilogy by Ms. Johnson. Look for high emotional drama, believable characters, and a depth of human feeling in this well-crafted story. I chuckled at an obvious computer terminology glitch (those old beasties are 386s and 486s), but I applauded the otherwise skilled crafting of this engaging read. Highly recommended.

Years of discussion acclimate her to theoretical details of murder, but still leave Natalie Reed unprepared for gristly reality. When she discovers a body in her study, shock and terror take their toll. Natalie takes comfort that her husband's partner responds to the call and insists on finding her a safe place to stay. As details unfold, Natalie finds she must reevaluate the marriage to that bound her to Stuart Reed for three years. Indeed, Natalie faces, for the first time, the careless cruelty that belied the charm and sexiness her husband usually displayed.Detective John McLean lives the cop's creed: If your partner dies, take care of his family. In spite of his own responsibilities to two young children and an ex-wife disabled by a crippling disease, John finds the time to paint her house, make repairs, and be available as a friend by phone and email. As the danger to Natalie becomes apparent, John finds himself protecting her with something more than just devotion and duty. Friendship grows into something more in HIS PARTNER'S WIFE by Janice Kay Johnson. With a powerful hook to kick off the start of the book, and a surprising solution to missing money, this author keeps the pages turning. Emotionally gripping, each reevaluates the man who brought them together. The heroine was married to a good cop gone bad; the hero was his partner. Both find themselves questioning not just the past and the bad cop's influence on their lives, but also their own judgement. The act of reevaluation, however, brings redemption, allowing them to open to possibilities previously unconsidered. The first of a trilogy, HIS PARNTER'S WIFE PARTNER'S highly recommended.