Law & Order: CI The Temptation Of Goren

by Lina-Baggins

Goren falls hard for the new junior detective on the major case squad... who happens to be Eames' niece! A nice change to the EamesGoren love story about love in the workplace... NOW COMPLETE! CH7 is finished with soundtrack list for each chapter.

8. Chapter Eight: Epilogue AN

The Temptation Of Goren: Author's notes:

I'd like to thank everyone who reviewed this story and everyone who is currently following Redemption Song. Kudos go to my faithfuls, you know who you are, but here's a guest list: MariskaRose (who debuted as Sophie, Alex's neighbour), TriStateCopFan, blucougar57 and Lallyb. You guys are awesome.

This story was initially supposed to be a one-shot. Fat lot of good that turned out to be! Lol! But thank you to everyone who insisted that I write more.

For 'fans' of Maria, I am intending to start the prequel to TTOG: Junior On Staff. Some of you will remember from Redemption Song that Maria mentions her ex-boyfriend, David. Well, here's a sneak preview: David Callea (-snorts at own stupid joke-) makes his first appearance in Junior as Maria's new partner. They don't get off to a good start at ALL, but this quickly changes.

Anyway, in case any of you are wondering where I got the inspiration to write these stories from, I shall let you in on the secret. I had the idea of a fan fiction for Redemption Song half formulated in my head, but I wanted a connection for Goren to the church. Then I came up with a small plot for TTOG: Goren meets a wonderful woman who he struggles to be with, but eventually finds true happiness with (as most of you know I'm not a big fan of the whole Bobby-Alex shindig). Then I decided that I wanted in on the action. So I created Maria: a fictional version of myself about four years from now. I built the plot around the relationship between the two characters and then, out of sheer insanity, decided that I would make Maria Alex's ostentatious niece! It was a spanner in the works, especially for Eames' and Goren's working relationship, not to mention their off-duty closeness.

So there you have it, a fairly short summary of my intentions and inspirations. Don't forget to keep following Redemption Song. It's a mystery to me as well as yourselves! I haven't worked out who the murderer is yet!

Guy-fully yours in Bobby Goren Land!

Keep safe!

Lina Baggins (aka Gemstar)