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THE MARRYING KIND
By: Beverly Bird

Safe Haven
Harlequin Special Releases
September 2008
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Featuring: Tessa Hadley-Bryant; John Gunner
224 pages
ISBN: 0373361920
EAN: 9780373361922
Paperback
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Since her husband's death, there hadn't been room in her life for anything but police workβ€”and that was exactly the way by-the-books Detective Tessa Hadley-Bryant wanted it. Especially right now, when she was handling the toughest case of her careerβ€”a murder investigation that reached into the highest levels of Philadelphia society.

So why did the department pick now to assign her a new partner who was everything she didn't want? John Gunner was a streetwise South Philly renegade with a reputation for breaking rulesβ€”and hearts. And he already had her questioning her sanityβ€”not to mention her vow that she would never love again….