Reading order
| # | Title | Published | Author | Buy on Amazon |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Smart Mouth | 2004 | Erin McCarthy | Buy |
| 2 | Miss Extreme Congeniality (in Bad Boys in Black Tie) | 2004 | Erin McCarthy | Buy |
| 3 | Snowed Under (in The Night Before Christmas) | 2005 | Erin McCarthy | Buy |
The FBI Agents, Chicago series by Erin McCarthy follows federal agents working out of Chicago who find romance while on the job. The series starts with Smart Mouth, a full-length novel about an FBI agent who goes undercover and ends up falling for the woman he is supposed to be investigating.
The two follow-up stories, Miss Extreme Congeniality and Snowed Under, were published as novellas in the multi-author anthologies Bad Boys in Black Tie and The Night Before Christmas. Both continue the theme of agents whose professional assignments collide with their personal lives in entertaining ways.
McCarthy brings her signature humor to the romantic suspense genre here, keeping the stakes real but the tone playful. The Chicago setting grounds the stories, and the shorter novella format of the later entries makes the series a quick, engaging read for fans of romance with a side of danger.