FBI Agent Jules Cassidy

"Florida private investigator and ex-cop Ric Alvarado's life is spiralling out of control. His beautiful new Girl Friday, Annie Dugan, is far more interested in fieldwork than filing, and despite Ric's best efforts to ignore the attraction, sparks are flying between them.    Then one of Ric's clients turns femme fatale and tries to gun down an innocent man. Thanks to quick thinking and even quicker reflexes, Ric comes to the rescue, only to learn he's done a very good deed for some very bad people.  Suddenly Ric finds himself deep undercover with Annie, working for notorious crime boss Gordon Burns. One mistake from Ric's painfully inexperienced partner and they're both dead.

FBI Agent Jules Cassidy's life isn't in much better shape. For years the FBI has been trying to prove Gordon Burns's ties to terrorist activity. Now, thanks to Ric and Annie, Jules has found a way into the lion's den. But in the course of his investigation, he comes face to face with Robin Chadwick, the charismatic but self-destructive and closeted movie star for whom Jules feels a powerful attraction. Robin's in town promoting his latest film -- and Gordon Burns is a star-struck movie buff.

With Robin and Jules's help, Ric and Annie are soon entrenched in Burns's organization, surrounded by killers who may already have executed an FBI infiltrator. Before long the couple realizes that many more lives than their own will be at stake if they make a false move. As the heat between them reaches dangerous levels, so do the risks they're willing to take -- in the line of duty, for the sake of loyalty, and in the name of something that runs even deeper..."

Rating:  Excellent - 5 Stars!

Series: Troubleshooters

Former cop turned P.I. Ric Alvarado and his assistant, Annie Dugan, take on a supposedly simple missing-person case, only to wind up in the middle of an FBI investigation into terrorism. When Ric and Annie's client tries to kill the son of Florida crime lord Gordon Burns, they prevent it, which place them in good standing with Burns.

Force of Nature is a book to be reckoned with.

It has ex-cop Ric Alvarado and his employee sexy Annie Dugan going undercover to investigate crime boss Gordon Burns. 

Then FBI agent Jules Cassidy (the sexiest gay character I have ever read!) arrives on the scene and must work with Ric and Annie.