BLOODSTAINED SECRETS

Paty Hartwell is a sex crimes prosecutor with a razor-sharp sense of justice and a secret she never saw coming: she’s a killer. By day, she fights to put monsters behind bars. By night—or, more accurately, by accident—she’s racking up a body count. It all started when a rapist walked free, and a confrontation ended with her mother’s heirloom knife in his throat and a stray dog christening his corpse. Now, Paty’s got a fluffy sidekick named Dexter, a trail of bodies, and a problem that’s spiraling out of control. Someone saw her kill. And he likes it. Her mysterious stalker doesn’t just watch from the shadows—they’re an accomplice, cleaning up her messes, leaving cryptic notes, and dropping tips for her next target. As Paty’s dark impulses grow, so does the chaos. Enter Detective Roger Blackwood, the brooding, unattainable crush she’s fantasized about for years but can barely speak to without choking on her own nerves. When she’s recruited to a covert human trafficking task force he’s leading, Paty’s forced to work side by side with him, battling her feelings and the electric tension between them. Complicating matters further, Blackwood’s being framed, and the truth could destroy them both. But the real danger? Paty’s heart. Caught between Roger’s smoldering intensity and her stalker’s unsettling devotion—both vying to claim her first kiss in their own dangerously unhinged ways—she’s torn. And with every new body, Paty realizes she’s not running from her darkness; she’s embracing it. Justice isn’t just blind—it’s bloody, messy, and oh-so-tempting. For Paty Hartwell, the line between right and wrong isn’t just blurred—it’s been slashed to pieces.