Falling for your sugar daddy was never part of the script—but when the system controlling Reagan’s life demands she seduce three powerful men for survival, she plays every angle in a city built on secrets. Carter Ashford gives her everything except his heart, Miles Bennett offers old wounds with every icy touch, and the mysterious Lucas Monroe may be her last, best hope. But as the stakes rise and her villainess label threatens to become permanent, Reagan faces a final choice: cash out and run, or risk everything for a shot at rewriting her ending. Will money win out—or will love finally break through her walls?
I thought I’d seen everything in homicide—until the night a murdered pregnant woman shattered our city’s calm. Rookie Lucas Reed was supposed to be my shadow, not the spark that would unravel Toledo’s darkest secret. As a spring storm washes away evidence, a single flash of red in the mud leads us down a twisting trail of office whispers, broken marriages, and a baby stolen from the grave. Each suspect hides a different scar—some too fresh, some too deep to heal. The closer we get, the more tangled the lies become. In the end, it’s not just a killer we’re hunting, but the truth each of us is desperate to hide. Can justice survive when everyone has something to lose—and the real murderer is the last person anyone suspects?
A haunted crime reporter is thrust back into the darkness when a viral murder in Maple Heights unearths buried guilt, lost hope, and a city’s deepest secrets. As he and Detective Marcus Reed dig deeper, they confront a labyrinth of betrayal, a hidden organ trafficking ring, and the shattered lives left in its wake. With every revelation, the protagonist must choose between justice and mercy, knowing that some truths leave scars that never fade.