Dear Reader,

      I had so much fun writing my first Harlequin Flipside! In fact, I have already plunged into my second.

      Undercover with the Mob came about because of two fascinations I have: one with true crime, and the other with mistaken identity. Although I’m a total wimp when it comes to gritty reality (or any reality, for that matter), reading true-crime books has always been a guilty pleasure of mine, particularly those dealing with organized crime. (I have no idea why. Probably for the same sick, twisted reason that I actually like broccoli.)

      As for mistaken identity, I love writing about what happens when one person makes erroneous assumptions about another, probably because whenever it happens zany antics invariably ensue. And if an erroneous assumption winds up skirting the edge of potential danger, well, that just ups the ante. Which, in turn, ups the antics. And that’s when writing becomes the most fun.

      Like I said, I had a blast writing about Natalie and Jack. I hope you have a good time reading about them, too.

      Have fun!

      Elizabeth Bevarly

      “I’ll kill ’im. No way will I let ’im get away with that.”

      Natalie stopped dead in her tracks—and then she really wished she’d come up with a better way to think about that than dead in her tracks—at the sound of Jack’s words through his apartment door.

      Telling herself she was just imagining things, Natalie turned her ear closer to the door. She thought she heard him use the word whacked. But he might not have said whacked. He might have said fact. Or quacked. Or shellacked. And those were all totally harmless words.

      Then again, maybe he’d said hacked, she thought as a teensy little feeling of paranoia wedged its way under her skin. Or smacked. Or even hijacked. Which weren’t so harmless words.

      Her world went a little fuzzy, and she had to sit down. Which—hey, whattaya know—gave her a really great seat for eavesdropping on the rest of his conversation.

      “Hey, I know what I’m being paid to do, and I’ll do it.”

      Jack wasn’t a Mob hit man turned Mob informant. He was a Mob hit man period!

      Undercover with the Mob

      Elizabeth Bevarly

      ABOUT THE AUTHOR

      Elizabeth Bevarly is the USA TODAY bestselling author of more than forty novels and novellas. Her books have been nominated for a variety of industry awards, including the prestigious RITA® offered by Romance Writers of America, and she has won the coveted National Readers Choice Award. Her novels have been translated into two dozen languages and published in three dozen countries, and there are more than seven million copies of her books in print worldwide. Although she has claimed as residences Washington, D.C., Virginia, New Jersey and Puerto Rico, she currently lives in her native Kentucky with her husband and son.

      Books by Elizabeth Bevarly

      SILHOUETTE DESIRE

      856—A LAWLESS MAN

      908—A DAD LIKE DANIEL *

      920—THE PERFECT FATHER *

      933—DR. DADDY *

      993—FATHER OF THE BRAT †

      1005—FATHER OF THE BROOD †

      1016—FATHER ON THE BRINK †

      1053—ROXY AND THE RICH MAN ‡

      1063—LUCY AND THE LONER ‡

      1083—GEORGIA MEETS HER GROOM ‡

      1124—BRIDE OF THE BAD BOY **

      1130—BEAUTY AND THE BRAIN **

      1136—THE VIRGIN AND THE VAGABOND **

      1184—THE SHERIFF AND THE IMPOSTOR BRIDE

      1196—SOCIETY BRIDE

      1231—THAT BOSS OF MINE

      1252—A DOCTOR IN HER STOCKING *

      1269—DR. MOMMY *

      1291—DR. IRRESISTIBLE *

      1323—FIRST COMES LOVE

      1337—MONAHAN’S GAMBLE

      1363—THE TEMPTATION OF RORY MONAHAN

      1389—WHEN JAYNE MET ERIK

      1406—THE SECRET LIFE OF CONNOR MONAHAN

      1474—TAMING THE PRINCE

      1501—TAMING THE BEASTLY MD

      SILHOUETTE SPECIAL EDITION

      557—DESTINATIONS SOUTH

      590—CLOSE RANGE

      639—DONOVAN’S CHANCE

      676—MORIAH’S MUTINY

      737—UP CLOSE

      803—HIRED HAND

      844—RETURN ENGAGEMENT

      For Wanda, Birgit and Brenda, with thanks for welcoming me into the Harlequin family.

      Contents

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Epilogue