by Kat Martin
Part of Against - The Raines of Wind Canyon, book 3
First published 2011
Dev Raines thought he was done with fieldwork. The youngest of the notorious Raines brothers runs investigations from his Arizona ranch, letting others handle the dangerous cases. Then Lark Delaney walks through his door asking for help finding her sister's adopted daughter. What starts as a routine search turns deadly when Dev discovers the child's adoptive parents have been murdered and the little girl has vanished. The trail leads to a criminal adoption network that will kill to protect its secrets. As Dev and Lark race to find the missing child, they dodge assassins and uncover a conspiracy that reaches deeper than either imagined. Dev has spent years protecting himself from emotional attachments, but working alongside the determined Lark forces him to confront feelings he buried long ago. With a child's life hanging in the balance and killers closing in, Dev must decide whether to risk not just his life but his carefully guarded heart.
Genres: romance, crime, contemporary, action, mystery-thriller, adoption
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Arizona
409 pages · Mass Market Paperback · MIRA
Content warnings: murder