But little does she know that on this singular night, he life will change forever. And Fracesca can no more stay out of this investigation than she can stop herself from falling love with the city's determined and powerful police commissioner. Francesca stumbles across the ransom note just as she meets New York City's newly appointed police commissioner, Rick Bragg. She refuses to bow to convention, wears her heart on her sleeve, and is determined to right the ills and injustices of society/ Deadly love begins Francesca's mad escapades when the neighbors' little boy is kidnapped right out of his bed during a society ball. Welcome to the world of Francesca Cahill, crime-solver extraordinaire. Joyce was born, and with it, the first book in an ongoing series, Deadly Love. Well, imagine my surprise when my 'muse' prompted me to begin a new historical romance suspense series-and then I realized a Bragg had to be the hero! And so the nom de plume B.D.

To this day, many of you still clamor for more Bragg books. I have never lost sight, however, of my audience-my historical romance readers, and especially fans of my books featuring the Bragg family. It has been an exciting literary journey-my writing has evolved in many unexpected way, including recently into the realm of powerful and suspenseful contemporary women's fiction, which I shall continue to write under my own name, Brenda Joyce. I never know where my 'muse' will take me next. And when Francesca discovers a trail of deception and lies, when someone very close to her investigation is murdered, Francesca realizes that the evil force behind the girls' abductions may try to find a way to silence her too - if she dares to uncover the truth.I have a confession to make. Francesca remains torn between the two very different men - but she desperately tries to set aside the affairs of her heart when she discovers that Emily isn't the first girl to vanish in recent weeks. But Rick Bragg is wed to another.and his dazzling wife has just returned after four years abroad to reclaim their marriage. Francesca still questions her decision to marry the powerful and notorious Calder Hart. Only one person can help her learn the child's fate - but Police Commissioner Rick Bragg may not want to get involved because Francesca has just stunned Rick by accepting a proposal of om none other than his own rival.

A beautiful teenage girl named Emily O'Hare is missing and Francesca fears that the girl has been abducted. It is March of 1902, and Francesca Cahill - Fifth Avenue heiress, undaunted political activist and intrepid amateur sleuth - has just learned of a grave new danger haunting the streets of New York.

Deadly Love by Brenda Joyce