The Love Triangle

‘Fast and funny’

Wondrous Reads

For Myra, always my shining light …

Table of Contents

Cover (#u719f5ca1-b376-54f4-ae7b-ec4fe1c68993)

Title Page (#u13c3a015-5a9a-56dc-a0d2-4c110b190a71)

Copyright (#u93191958-a4bf-57e9-a693-3408526b4821)

Praise for Nic Tatano’s Debut Wing Girl (#u796d4496-ad84-5f2a-83f2-af2e1586dcc2)

Dedication (#u20cfeb4f-ab97-569f-a357-afdf1d704ca9)

Chapter One (#uabe40e74-b2da-5126-bfaf-ecc6c42c7190)

Chapter Two (#uf88eae5b-6083-519a-bcb1-0c5ee2515367)

Chapter Three (#u6bbc681c-2f8b-52f2-9d02-4a7687812fec)

Chapter Four (#u1c86eaea-7dc4-5adc-a7c0-0832c7c13186)

Chapter Five (#ud45b8121-8c62-5b01-b9ce-6f1c694a1690)

Chapter Six (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eight (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nine (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Ten (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eleven (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twelve (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Thirteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fourteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Fifteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Sixteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Four (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Five (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Six (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Also by Nic Tatano (#litres_trial_promo)

About HarperImpulse (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

CHAPTER ONE (#u16de3490-b687-5f7f-9bc7-ff7357c213a2)

“Let me get this straight. Your family values candidate, the United States Congressman, who is the paragon of conservatism, gets caught by his wife having an affair with a hooker, who used to be a man in a previous life. But wait, there’s more! Said Congressman was bent over the hooker’s knee being spanked with a riding crop, while he’s wearing a pink tu-tu, and you want to know how we can spin this?” Lexi Harlow shoved her shoulder-length red tangles behind her ears as she stared at the speakerphone.

“Lexi, you’re in charge of our public relations. I thought you might have a suggestion to make this situation disappear.”

She rubbed her temples as she glanced at the one-word front page headline of The New York Post, which featured a cartoon of the Congressman and read Giddyup. Ittold her that her biggest client was history and serious money problems were on the way. “You wanna make this disappear? Try looking in the Yellow Pages under magicians.”

“Be serious, Lexi. I’m the New York state party chairman and we need to make this go away.”

“Go away? Todd, that barn door has sailed. The Congressman is a national joke. No one can make this go away. He’s toast. And please don’t use the typical politician excuse and call it an error in judgment and have his wife sing the stand-by-your-man tune.”

“How about something saying we’re being a more inclusive party?”

She rolled her emerald green eyes. “Sure, we’ll call it the rainbow coalition for prostitutes. Look, Todd, I like you and have enjoyed working with you. But trust me, this one is un-fixable. Every other PR person in town will tell you the same thing. The guy is radioactive.” She looked up and saw her assistant standing in the doorway. “And I gotta go. My advice to you is to have the man resign and get him off the front page and the late night talk shows before it does more damage to the party and the future candidates you will hopefully send me next year.”

She heard the man sigh. “Lexi, I’m sorry this happened. I know you just started your agency and how much work you put into the campaign. And your work was terrific.”

“Thanks, I appreciate that.”

“If it weren’t so close to election day, I’d get you another account, but everything is set. But I promise I’ll have something for you next year.”