New Year Atmosphere

Dax Diaz – Everyone knows about my bad-boy ways, how I live life on the edge. But I have my limits. So, whenever my straight-laced big brother says he’s bringing home a lady, I’m bringing home a distraction. This New Year’s Eve distraction turned out to be Ginny from high school, the little dweeb with broken eyeglasses and highwater cargo pants. While Ginny wandered about the party asking questions to help find my parents' missing jewelry, I wondered about the undeniable intoxication of a potentially impossible and reinvigorated crush.

Genevieve Reed – When the precinct dumped Case of the Missing Emerald on me for my first day as a new detective, who cared whether I succeeded? I barely cared. After all, it was only the wealthiest family in our city with a single piece of jewelry at stake and a crime scene quite easily mistakable for a party scene. But after questioning Dax Diaz, a prime suspect and an heir to the Diaz family fortune, my attention had shifted from that emerald ring to more promising things by the time the ball dropped on New Year’s Day.

Another multicultural happily ever after!