Synopsis
Audrey Hughes came to find her missing sister. Instead, she stumbled into the middle of a cartel investigation — and into the arms of an undercover U.S. Marshal whose lies may be the only thing keeping her alive.
Audrey hasn’t heard from her younger sister, Penny, in years. But when a desperate letter sends her to San Antonio to collect the nephew she never knew existed, Audrey drops everything, determined to make things right.
She expects answers.
She finds blood, bullets, and a truth that shatters her.
Penny is dead — murdered after becoming an informant against Miguel Trujillo, a dangerous drug trafficker tied to an even deadlier fugitive. Now Penny’s little boy is in danger, Audrey is in the line of fire, and the only man standing between them and the criminals hunting them is the last man Audrey knows how to trust.
U.S. Marshal Alejandro Santiago has spent two years undercover inside Trujillo’s world. He was supposed to protect Audrey’s sister. Instead, Penny died on his watch — and the guilt is tearing through what’s left of the man he used to be.
Alejandro has spent so long pretending to be one of the criminals that he no longer knows how much of the darkness is still an act. He is one wrong choice away from becoming the kind of man Audrey should fear.
But Audrey needs answers.
And Alejandro has survived by becoming a lie.
Forced into his protection while danger closes in, Audrey must decide whether the brooding marshal with too many secrets is her safest shelter… or another man who will fail the people she loves. Alejandro wants to keep her alive, but telling her the whole truth could destroy his case, expose his cover, and make her hate the only man standing between her and death.
Because the closer Audrey gets to her sister, the closer she gets to exposing Alejandro’s cover — and the truth that could break them both.
A missing-sister romantic suspense with an undercover U.S. Marshal, cartel danger, forced proximity, dangerous lies, and a protective hero who has spent so long undercover he may not know how to be the good guy anymore.
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À propos de l'auteur
From childhood, K. Victoria Chase enjoyed writing stories and plays and reading Christian romance. She received degrees in Criminal Justice and Diplomacy and worked as a federal law enforcement officer for several years before deciding to try her hand at writing a complete novel. Today, K. Victoria Chase is an Amazon bestselling author both in the US and the UK. She writes both clean and Christian interracial romance. Visit K. Victoria Chase at kvictoriachase.com
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