Hand in Glove — Andrea Jackson

The ancient Staff of the Nakisisi is supposed to have religious and magical properties. Victor Santiago has agreed to recover the stolen artifact for his old mentor. Victor's Afro-Latin good looks and cool manner are used to shield his unquenchable loneliness. His inquiries lead him to a wealthy gigolo, a voodoo priestess and an eccentric professor. His search is further complicated by the volatile attraction between him and Ty McAllister. Ty's plain business suits disguise a soul of passionate tumult and a heart longing for acceptance. Suspicion, lies, ambition, and murder can't thwart the potent magnetism between these two. Neither of them believes in the voodoo attributed to the Staff, but something unexplainable is going on.

When one of the suspects turns up dead, Ty becomes a suspect. Despite her reservations, she must put her trust in Victor to help find the real killer. Victor's showdown with another practitioner of the Nakisisi martial arts and Ty's kidnapping reveal an ultimate betrayal. But Victor and Ty's ordeals have also shown them that even when the ways of the world prove false, love and honor make their souls fit together like a hand in glove.