The Bureau

This collection contains the fourth and fifth Bureau novellas. CHAINED An agent for the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs? That's the best job in the world. And it's enough for Terry Brandt, who doesn't need personal relationships complicating his life. His newest assignment puts him undercover, investigating a Hollywood agent who may have some evil tricks up his sleeve. Edge is not the man he appears to be. Although he's a member of the Hollywood agent's security staff, his true situation is darker and deeper than that. Ordered to seduce the new prospect, Edge finds himself caught in conflicting loyalties. Haunted by their pasts and tied up in secrets, neither Terry nor Edge can afford to allow passion to interfere with duty. And with danger dogging them, it's impossible to envision a future together. CONVICTED Vietnam veteran Kurt Powell's addiction almost cost him everything, but a job as federal agent with the Bureau of Trans-Species Affairs helped him find sobriety and purpose. Now he tracks down dangerous paranormal creatures as well as humans who abuse their magical powers in illegal ways. Sent from Belfast to the United States as a boy, Desmond Hughes later fell into a disastrous relationship that led to horrific murders. He's spent seventeen years in a bleak prison with few comforts and no hope of release. A new mission throws Kurt and Des together in a desperate attempt to prevent disaster. Sometimes what's long been lost can still be found, but the road to redemption is never easy-and a mutual attraction may not ease the way.