by Sandra Brown
First published 2016
Jordie Bennet sits in a seedy bayou bar where she doesn't belong when Shaw Kinnard walks in with murder on his mind. The dangerous man was hired to kill her, but he changes plans and abducts her instead. Shaw wants the thirty million dollars her brother stole from his ruthless boss. Jordie finds herself caught between Shaw, the FBI, and her brother's criminal employer, all hunting for the same fortune. Deep in Louisiana swampland, miles from help, Jordie and Shaw must work together to survive their pursuers. Neither trusts the other completely. Shaw questions whether Jordie helped plan her brother's theft or remains an innocent victim. Jordie knows her only hope lies in outsmarting her captor, even as attraction builds between them. The chase through the bayou becomes a deadly game where truth shifts like quicksand and survival depends on choosing the right ally at the right moment.
Genres: romance, adventure, crime, contemporary, action, mystery-thriller
Vibes: fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity
Setting: Louisiana, Swampland
408 pages · Hardcover · Grand Central Publishing
Content warnings: violence