One Night of Passion and Death

One night. That’s all Detective Samantha Cross wanted. One night to forget the rules. One night to feel something other than pressure, guilt, and routine. One night to do something reckless—just like her friends begged her to. But the morning after brings more than regret. She wakes up in a hotel room… and walks straight into the biggest case of her career: The Governor’s daughter, murdered in the room next to hers. And her number one suspect? The same dangerously charming stranger she just slept with. His name? Rowan Drake. His profession? One of the country’s most elusive con artists. His alibi? Her. Samantha knows he didn’t do it. She was with him. But if she admits that, she risks everything—her badge, her reputation, her career. Now, trapped between duty and desire, she’s forced into an impossible alliance. To clear his name, she’ll have to work side by side with the man who could ruin her. And as the lies close in and the body count rises, one truth becomes dangerously clear: The real killer is still out there… And he’s watching them both.