TY - BOOK AU - Roberts,Nora AU - Roberts,Nora AU - Roberts,Nora TI - Taking chances SN - 9781742777139 (pbk.) U1 - 813.54 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Chatswood, N.S.W. PB - Mira Books KW - Stanislaski family (Fictitious characters) KW - Fiction KW - Public defenders KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - Authors KW - Ukrainian Americans KW - Romance fiction N1 - "Includes the stories Falling for Rachel and Convincing Alex"--Cover; First published: 1993; Falling for Rachel -- Convincing Alex N2 - Falling For Rachel Landlocked in Manhattan, rough-and-ready seaman Zackary Muldoon needed a street-smart, two-fisted attorney to save his kid brother's delinquent hide. What he got was a long-legged lady lawyer clad in sophisticated silks. Public defender Rachel Stanislaki made Zack's blood boil... and his loins ache. Convincing Alex Soap opera writer Bess McNee figured the only way to understand a character was to stand in her shoes even if they were a streetwalker's stiletto heels. So she got tossed in the slammer...thanks to the sexiest detective in New York. Alex Stanislaski thought he'd seen it all until he busted Bess. And then she wanted to follow him around to get ideas' for her show! Trouble was, the lady was giving him altogether too many ideas ER -