by Dani Pettrey
Part of Alaskan Courage
First published 2014
Kayden McKenna is midway up a rock face outside Yancey when she finds a body. The dead climber looks like an accident. It isn't. The overworked local sheriff passes the case to Jake Westin, whose investigative past has finally come back into the open. Jake is ready to work again, but nothing about this case goes where he expects. As he and Kayden dig into the death, the killer takes notice. Strange things start happening around town. Jake has already watched danger follow him to people he cares about, and now Kayden is squarely in the crosshairs. The harder they push toward the truth, the more they understand that what is waiting at the end of this investigation is worse than either of them feared. Dani Pettrey keeps the tension coiled tight throughout, grounding the suspense in the rugged landscape of small-town Alaska and in two characters whose relationship is tested by every new threat. The stakes are personal, the danger is real, and the answers Jake and Kayden uncover will cost them.
Genres: romance, suspense, mystery, crime, adult-fiction, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, fast-paced, gritty, suspenseful, tension-filled
Tropes: danger-brings-them-together, forced-proximity, slow-burn-romance
Setting: Yancey, Alaska
327 pages · Paperback · Bethany House
Content warnings: death, murder, violence