Free Fall

This is one of Robert Crais's detective novels starring private eye Elvis Cole and his ever vigilant partner Joe Pike.  The novel begins with Cole taking on the case of a young bride to be worried about her LAPD fiance and his suddenly strange behavior.  Plenty of action and humor.

"Love, real love, is something you earn for who you are; it's not a prize for your performance in bed."
-Nicci, from Terry Goodkind's Confessor