A Naughty Noelle (The 19th Precinct, Book 2)

By Ann Bruce

THE 19th PRECINCT, BOOK 2

Two days to Christmas and Noelle Mason is in danger of becoming a New York City statistic when a walking cliché—tall, dark and unshaven—rushes in to rescue her. Thus, when he literally and painfully bumps into her just hours later, bleeding and with bad men chasing after him, she decides to return the favor.

His cover blown by someone on the inside, Sergio Ramirez knows hospitals, the station house and even his home are off limits to him. As should be the woman determined to help him, but it's snowing and cold outside, and Noelle's so very willing to share her body heat and work with him to generate even more.

Then the bad men catch up with him—and this time they have guns.

WARNING: Contains graphic language and explicit sex scenes (M/F, anal sex).

LENGTH: Novelette (14,000 words)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Ann Bruce
• Release date: Nov 6, 2011
• ISBN: 9781465775696

Ann Bruce

Ann Bruce is the pseudonym for a self-professed computer geek who, in between snowboarding, reading comic books, and wearing out the buttons of her PS3 controller, writes because it's an acceptable means of explaining all the voices in her head. You can find Ann at her website, www.annbruce.net.

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A Naughty Noelle

Two days to Christmas and Noelle Mason is in danger of becoming a New York City statistic when a walking cliché—tall, dark and unshaven—rushes in to rescue her. Thus, when he literally and painfully bumps into her just hours later, bleeding and with bad men chasing after him, she decides to return the favor.

His cover blown by someone on the inside, Sergio Ramirez knows hospitals, the station house and even his home are off limits to him. As should be the woman determined to help him, but it’s snowing and cold outside, and Noelle’s so very willing to share her body heat and work with him to generate even more.

Then the bad men catch up with him—and this time they have guns.

Table of Contents

Copyright

Warning

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

About the Author

Other Titles

Excerpt from Rules of Engagement (The Duquesnes, Book 2)

Excerpt from Before Dawn

Excerpt from Deadly Fall (The 19th Precinct, Book 1)

Excerpt from Once a Thief

A Naughty Noelle

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Copyright © 2007 Ann Bruce

Excerpt from Rules of Engagement © 2008 Ann Bruce

Excerpt from Before Dawn © 2008 Ann Bruce

Excerpt from Deadly Fall © 2005, 2011 Ann Bruce

Excerpt from Once a Thief © 2010, 2020 Ann Bruce

Cover design by Croco Designs

Electronic book Publication: November 2011

With the exception of quotes used in reviews, this book may not be reproduced or used in whole or in part by any means existing without written permission from Ann Bruce.

This book is a work of fiction and any resemblance to persons, living or dead, or places, events or locales is purely coincidental. The characters are productions of the author’s imagination and used fictitiously.

Warning

This book contains graphic language and explicit sex scenes that may be considered offensive by some readers.

A Naughty Noelle

The 19th Precinct, Book 2

Ann Bruce

Chapter One

December 23

Big, fat snowflakes drifted down from a gray, cloud-covered sky. Barely five o’clock and the sun had already settled for the night. The air was cold enough that the fluffy bits of ice didn’t melt when they landed on Noelle Mason’s unprotected head. Not that she noticed. Her eyes were staring dead ahead as she put one foot in front of the other, her footsteps sure and steady despite her lack of attention. Her ungloved hands were fisted and buried inside the pockets of her black woolen pea coat. A long red scarf was wrapped loosely around her neck, keeping her skin warm from an external chill she couldn’t feel but knew was real.

The scene she’d witnessed earlier dominated her thoughts, mercilessly replaying in an endless loop, leaving room for nothing else.

A naked blonde with generous curves, on her knees, fellating the man who’d professed to love her, Noelle, and only her.

God, she was such an idiot. No wonder Gil had tried so hard to persuade her to stay in Calgary for Christmas. Spend it with your family, sweetheart. I’m just going to work straight through to New Year’s.

Ri-i-ight.

She’d endured a four-and-a-half-hour flight to surprise him because she hadn’t wanted her workaholic fiancé to spend the holidays alone. Well, he’d apparently had the same idea. When she’d burst into the bedroom, it had actually taken Gil a good ten seconds to realize she’d been standing in the doorway, frozen in shock. Gil had choked out her name, his voice comically high-pitched. The blonde, too engrossed with what she was doing, hadn’t looked up.

With only escape in mind, Noelle had backed out of the room, raced down the stairs and burst through the front door, leaving behind her suitcase.

Now, she numbly wondered if there was anything in the suitcase she wouldn’t be able to do without. There was nothing in there that couldn’t be replaced. They were just—

The scarf suddenly tightened around her throat, cutting off her air and sharply jerking her sideways into an alley with head-spinning speed. Noelle was too stunned to do more than mentally berate herself for walking the streets of New York aimlessly after sundown and grapple with her scarf, desperately trying to loosen it.

It loosened, but before she could drag in a lungful of air, a large hand clamped over the lower half of her face. A thin, wiry body that smelled as if it hadn’t known the touch of water in weeks flattened her against a rough brick wall. Noelle struggled, trying to twist her body this way and that, realized her hands were trapped between their bodies and only struggled harder. She tried to bring her knee up to bury it in his groin and couldn’t. Something glinted in the darkness and she screamed. The scream, however, was only inside her head as the knife came closer.

But it never reached her. Noelle saw shock widen beady eyes just before her assailant went flying backward and she was free. She slid down the wall as her legs collapsed beneath her. Gasping heavily for breath, one hand pressed just below her left breast as if trying to keep her pounding heart from jumping

Reviews for A Naughty Noelle (The 19th Precinct, Book 2)

[katybethmckee · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

I actually give it 3.5.

This story was between Noelle and Sergio was fast paced and very exciting but the the very end seemed to fall just a bit flat. i think I would have like a bit more explanation of how the sting all wrapped up and/or maybe a glimpse of what will come next for this pair.