Emeralds in the Rough — M. Lee Patterson

Jennifer Cahill's Training Officer, Brenda Kennedy has a reputation as a great cop, and she and Jennifer hit it off right away.Brenda has a dark secret that only her family knows about, and she is doing everything she can to keep it that way. Brenda's career is in jeopardy after a drug bust goes down in a warehouse leased by The Emeralds, a criminal organization from Ireland currently growing roots in Chicago. Jennifer meets a man by the name of Tommy Hogan at Molly McGuire's, a pub frequented by local police officers. Jennifer is beginning to wonder what her gut is telling her about Tommy's familiarity, and what his connection is to whoever tried to kidnap her.