"Catwoman meets Zorro"

Haley Yates has been in love with Lieutenant Cole Fischer ever since she first saw him at the Ft. Lauderdale precinct two years earlier. Unfortunately he doesn't seem to notice her except when he's asking for copies of reports. She's a secretary at police headquarters instead of a cop due to an injury during her final week at the police academy. Her advanced knowledge of police procedures gave her an advantage over the competition.

On Halloween she dresses as Catwoman to go to the department's masquerade party. Once there, she runs into Cole dresses as Zorro. There's an immediate attraction between them, especially since Cole doesn't know who she really is.

Three hours later she's on her way home from the party when she hears a call on the police scanner for backup. An officer was wounded and the suspect was armed and dangerous. One thought kept going through her mind -- maybe I can help. Forgetting the fact that she doesn't even have a badge, she guns her car towards the crime scene. Once at the scene she sees Cole being held at gunpoint. Without thinking, she runs towards the gunman and kicks the gun out of his hand. She knows she can't reveal her identity so when Cole asks her name, she just turns and runs.

Cole is completely captivated. He's never met such an exciting, gorgeous woman before and he has to find her. He thinks she must be a policewoman with those moves and decides to do some investigating to find her.

This was a cute little story that seemed perfect to read close to Halloween. Some of the plot twists were a bit unbelievable but I still enjoyed the story overall.

Sexual Content: R

Reviewed by Emily Anne
Courtesy Sensual Romance
Posted March 8, 2003

Also available in electronic format from the publisher (ISBN 1591051002).

Summary

Contemporary Romantic Comedy. Haley Vaughn feels invisible, especially to the gorgeous policemen she works with in the Ft. Lauderdale Police station. Whereas they trip all over themselves to get her best friend Cindy's attention, they trip over her...until the night of the Halloween ball, when she loses her glasses in favor of contact lenses, and her dowdy business suit in favor of a super sexy Catwoman costume, and then tops off the night by rescuing the man of her dreams, ultra-sexy Lt. Cole Fischer, from a gun wielding thief. Cole's enchanted by his mysterious savior and vows to find her, especially when she keeps showing up in her costume, to rescue him whenever he gets himself into a bind. Curiosity and his pounding libido are about to kill him. Meanwhile, he's been thrown together with Haley, the police department's admin assistant, and while she's not deadly sexy as his temptress, she's awfully sweet and the perfect homemaker. Soon, his heart is pulled in two and he can't explain how he can be highly attracted to two polar opposite women. Meanwhile, Haley sympathizes with Clark Kent. She starts to seriously question her sanity when she starts to feel jealous of herself! But she can't compete with her alter ego as men aren't attracted to women who wear glasses . . . or are they?