Temporary Partner

Can two rivals work together to solve a case? When an infant is taken from his carriage in broad daylight, missing-persons detective Quaid Valor must race against the clock to find the child and bring him safely home to his family. Unfortunately, Quaid's partner isn't available and his team is spread thin. Begrudgingly, he accepts help from his rival, homicide detective Aslan Doyle.

Aslan is Quaid's opposite in every way: bold, outspoken, arrogant, and the office playboy. Much to Quaid's chagrin, Aslan seems to have set his sights on Quaid as his next conquest. Quaid doesn't have time to deal with Aslan's flirting when he's trying to solve a case and juggle his cheating ex's constant interruptions. But as tension around the case builds, Quaid keeps forgetting he's supposed to hate his new partner. Maybe Aslan is exactly the kind of distraction he needs — temporarily, at least.

Temporary Partner is the first book in Nicky James's Valor and Doyle Mysteries, blending police procedural stakes with a slow-building workplace romance.