Her e-mail contains various snippets of forensic wisdom, such as “What would a dead body left in a Mexican drug tunnel look like after six months?” In the process of her adventures, she has written over twenty-six gay romance novels, lost count of novellas and short stories, has won Rainbow Awards, was a Lambda Awards Finalist, and lives in terror of authorities showing up at her door to question her Internet searches. She’s trudged down hallways with police detectives, learned to disarm knife-wielding bad guys, and witnessed the correct way to blow doors off buildings. Watch out, she hugs!ĭriven by insatiable curiosity, she possibly holds the world’s record for curriculum changes to the point that she’s never quite earned a degree but is a force to be reckoned with at Trivial Pursuit. You will know Eden Winters by her distinctive white plumage and exuberant cry of “Hey, y’all!” in a Southern US drawl so thick it renders even the simplest of words unrecognizable. How can they tell who the villains are? The bad guys don’t wear black hats, but they might wear white coats. When a prescription drug shortage jeopardizes the patients at Rosario Children’s Cancer Center, it not only pits Bo and Lucky against predatory opportunists, but also each other. Undercover with his hard-headed partner, Bo learns that not everything is as it seems in the world of pharmaceuticals. Using his pharmacy license for the good guys provides the sort of education he never got in school. While fighting PTSD, memories of a horrid childhood, and a prescription drug addiction, Bo is paying for his mistakes.

Bo’s nice to have around, sure, but there’s none of that picking-out-china-together crap for Lucky. It’s hard to tell when Lucky doesn’t understand relationships or have a clue what any sane human is doing in his bed. The newbie he trained, former Marine Bo Schollenberger, is now his partner on (and maybe off) the job. Former drug trafficker Richmond “Lucky” Lucklighter “died” in the line of duty while working off a ten-year sentence in service to the Southeastern Narcotics Bureau, only to be reborn as Simon “Lucky” Harrison.

Collusion by Eden Winters