Guarding Grace

Heat Level: 2 ½ - 3

Originally published as A Certain Slant of Light

Protecting a witness targeted for a mob hit is the job of a U.S. Marshal; getting distracted by the subject's landlady is not. But distracted is exactly what Mal Kwarles gets by the honey-blonde single mother of four.

Muggers and heroes beware. If you sneak up on Grace Witoczynski, she will knock you to your knees with keys locked between her fingers. She has a family to support, kids to raise. She doesn't have time for com...