Don't Mess With Texas

Don't Mess With Texas is an  adult Romance novel written by Christie Craig.
When Nikki Hunt arrives at the restaurant to meet with her ex-husband she parked her car in the alley by the dumpsters. Nikki owned an art gallery but was barely making ends meet and just maybe she could go back with her ex.  Her ex Jack was always trying to get her back, sending flowers and calling and she had never been interested in going back to him before today. Jack was a lawyer and a ladies man. Nikki had been raised by her grandma. Today though she was hungry.
She dips a finger in his bowl of gumbo . Jack disapproves of sharing meals but he tells her to order and he will be right back.She orders and waits for him to return.
Dallas O'Connor goes to his office and living quarters. He is an ex-cop P.I. and his two friends  Tyler and Austin  are his partners. These three had spent time in prison for a crime they did not do. They were cleared after a few years but Dallas was no longer a cop by then. They have a thing about helping people who they felt were wrongly accused.
 After waiting awhile and going ahead and eating she asked the waiter to check the bath room for Jack but he was not there. They brought her the tab and she knows it will overdraw her account. She pays it and goes into a drug store next door since she was felling sick and bought some medicine for upset stomach and heads for the alley but the smell from the dumpster makes her sick and some kids were passing by so she turned around and vomited in the medicine bag. She decides to put the bag in the trunk so she opens the trunk and sees Jacks body.
Dallas's brother Tony is eating at the restaurant and notice the commotion outside and goes to see whats happening. Tony is a homicide investigator.
Nikki is taken to the hospital and they find she has been poisoned by the gumbo.
Dallas and his partners take on the case because they don't think Nikki is guilty.
Read the book to see who is guilty and what happens between Nikki and Dallas.