by Jayne Castle
First published 2021
Lucy Bell attends a wedding celebration in Illusion Town, the colony world of Harmony's answer to Las Vegas. Someone drugs and kidnaps her as she leaves the party. She breaks free but finds herself trapped in the glowing green tunnel system that runs beneath the city. A dust bunny brings her cold pizza while she struggles to survive in the alien underground maze. Gabriel Jones, a Ghost Hunter, eventually rescues her from the ruins. Her troubles multiply when she returns to the surface. No one believes her kidnapping story after her witness leaves town on Guild business. People whisper that Lucy invented the whole incident. Her reputation crumbles and her life falls apart. Gabriel returns to Illusion Town as the new Guild Boss. He finds Lucy transformed from the grateful woman he saved into someone sharp and suspicious. She treats him with wariness instead of admiration. A killer still wants her dead, and Gabriel remains the only person who believes her account. He decides to restore her good name using his authority as Guild Boss. In lawless Illusion Town, his word carries the weight of law.
Genres: romance, adventure, mystery, action, paranormal-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Harmony, Illusion Town
Period: Contemporary
304 pages · ebook · Berkley Books
Content warnings: kidnapping