A runaway with a tragic past. A retired cop who refuses to quit. An underground killer network that will bring them together... A deadly obsession with a sacred text.When Gemma finds herself in a new city, she never anticipated the danger she would be in. Already running, Gemma suffers a near fatal encounter that sees her heading deeper into no man's land. As her life spirals out of control, she thinks she's reached rock bottom. Then she meets Montgomery. Wrestling an early retirement, he craves the gritty streets and long days of working NYPD. But meeting Gemma has given him a purpose.She makes him feel young again. When the bodies of young prostitutes start being discovered across the city, Gemma begins to realize just how close she was to the killer. A killer that's part of a network. A killer with a fixation on a book filled with blood. She's intent on tracking down the murderer. Montgomery is intent on protecting her. And as the two fall deeper into the case, they fall even deeper for each other. But will Montgomery save her? Or will the killer get her first? And who will capture her heart?An emotional page-turning thriller. This 104,000+ word story contains themes of sex and violence.
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