by Diana Palmer
Part of Long, Tall Texans, book 28
First published 2005
Blake Kemp wears a badge in Texas, but he's about to cross every line he's sworn to protect. Someone killed the woman he once loved, and the law isn't moving fast enough for his taste. Blake takes justice into his own hands, bending rules and breaking others as he tracks down her murderer. His assistant Violet watches him spiral deeper into his quest for vengeance, seeing the darkness consume the man she's come to care about. She tries to pull him back from the edge, but Blake's hunger for revenge burns hotter than his sense of duty. As Violet fights for his soul, Blake must choose between the dead woman who still haunts him and the living one who might save him. Can love triumph over the need for blood, or will his thirst for vengeance destroy everything good left in his life?
Genres: romance, suspense, crime, action, mystery-thriller, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, revenge
Setting: Texas
186 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Harlequin Desire
Content warnings: death, murder, violence