Cass and Wes Ferrier went to the party looking for fun. They found Mara.
Smart, sexy, and carrying secrets she has no intention of sharing, Mara slips easily between them for one unforgettable night. Four days later, she is dead.
Now, Cass and Wes are among the last people known to have been intimate with a murder victim they barely knew. The police have questions. Cass has questions of her own, especially about the tiny details that don't fit.
Following them pulls Cass and Wes into a world of hidden relationships, old lies, blackmail, buried evidence, and people who have spent years protecting secrets worth killing for. Someone wanted Mara silenced. And the closer Cass gets to understanding why, the more dangerous it becomes.
In a world built on consent, trust, and discretion, sometimes two people can keep a secret. Until someone becomes the third.
The Third is Book Five of The Lifestyle Mysteries, the sexy, funny, unapologetically adult mystery series where sex is part of the lifestyle, trust has rules, and murder has a habit of crashing the party