Streets of Fire — Soledad Santiago

Francesca Colon is thirty-eight years old, divorced, and a recently appointed spokesperson for the NYPD. Danger and stress are her constant companions. On her first day of work she narrowly escapes an explosion. Then a young Dominican man is shot, and pandemonium erupts. At home, it's another kind of pressure cooker: her teenage son is too street-smart, her young daughter has a sexy new boyfriend, and all the men in Francesca's life would like to be the answer to her prayers.

Francesca is determined to be as good a cop as any man on the force. She is firm about raising her kids with love but no lies. And she is certai that the next man she takes into her bed will not be the latest in a Ion list of mistakes. Infusing the roaring rush of Manhattan with a irresistible Latino beat, this evocative, warm novel brims with love laughter, and tears ... a woman in a man's world, a Latina in th mainstream.