Five years ago, Lucy Chen slept with a stranger at a bar. On Monday morning, he introduced himself as Officer Tim Bradford, her new TO. What followed was a history of bad timing and worse choices: stolen nights, broken vows, Isabel's return, Lucy's silence - and a secret that drove them apart. By the time Lucy transferred out of Mid-Wilshire, she swore she'd never look back. Now, she's a sergeant at Hollywood. A single mom. And she hasn't seen Tim in half a decade. Until a joint LAPD project forces them into the same room again. Until the memories they buried refuse to stay buried. Until the people they are now have to face everything the people they were left behind. Enemies. Lovers. Strangers. Partners. Some mistakes don't fade. Some of them grow - into scars, into secrets, into children with eyes too familiar to ignore. | the 1st (out of 3) book of this fanfiction has been publish! you can find it under the same title "Where Dahlias Bloom" on Kindle Store for the ebook version, or at the Amazon store/website for the printed version! |

What happens between Lucy and Tim after Lucy becomes sergeant? How do they navigate toward this new path of love angst and desire?

Sergeant Tim Bradford runs the LAPD's covert Supernatural Crimes Division (SCD) with cold, absolute control. To the LAPD, he's a veteran cop obsessed with ritual killings and occult crime. In truth, he is Azrael Black, the ancient Lord of the Black Veil, a vampire sovereign tasked with enforcing the terrifying silence between worlds. Bradford uses the SCD as his instrument, keeping the city safe from rogue supernaturals while hiding his own lethal secret. His carefully calculated existence shatters with the arrival of Detective Lucy Chen. She's intelligent, bright, empathetic, and sees the world without illusion. When she's recruited into the SCD, Black discovers a dangerous anomaly: she's the only human whose mind resists the pervasive magic designed to keep the truth hidden. Her unexplained immunity makes her an invaluable asset, and a terrifying liability. For the first time in centuries, Black is rattled with a desire to feel human again. Lucy's proximity is an unbearable risk, yet her presence is a stark pull he can't fight-she sees the man, not the monster. As a new threat from the supernatural world surfaces, threatening to break the fragile peace within the Coven of the Veil, Lucy and Tim are forced to work together. Their shared affinity for darkness ignites an attraction that is as desperate as it is forbidden. Every touch risks violation of the very laws Azrael put in place; every shared glance risks exposing his real identity and shattering the Veil forever. He is the law of the night. She is the light he cannot afford to claim.

A series of epilogues for In the Line of Desire...

Lucy is a 25 year old detective transfer from NYPD. Lucy and her son 7 years old moved because of her divorce that happend 2 months before. Tim is a 37 year old Sargent at the LAPD and is a coach sometimes for his nephews on the weekends. Lucy, Angela and Nyla has worked on a detectives case 1 year back in New York so the know of each other. Tim, Jackson and Nolan is close. And tim and Angela has their little banter freindship going. Trying on the slow-burn, teasing friendship banter. And just see where it goes

They were supposed to be partners. They were never supposed to fall. They meet as sergeants from opposite ends of the LAPD-two leaders, two reputations, and zero patience for each other. When an undercover operation requires them to pose as a couple, neither is thrilled. Tim Bradford thinks Lucy Chen is too soft; Lucy thinks Tim is all walls and no heart.

On a board filled with traps, two sides wage a dangerous battle beneath the façade of a public alliance between nations. On one side stands Tim Bradford, the newest recruit of the U.S. Intelligence Department, though nothing about him screams rookie. At forty years old, he's been a cadet, a squad leader, a police officer, and a sergeant. Now, a hardened spy, thrown into a world where one wrong move means death. On the other, Lucy Chen - the trusted right hand of the most powerful Russian crime syndicate. A girl whose past everyone judges to know. And Tim's mission. There is no loyalty strong enough. No lie safe enough. Only one can survive. And falling in love might be the deadliest move of all. Buckle up. The game is about to begin. | i also post this on AO3 |