First published 2015
Grace Elland discovers her boss Sprague Witherspoon's corpse with a vodka bottle placed beside it. The bottle sends chills through her because it mirrors a trauma from her past. Someone left it there on purpose. Grace flees to her hometown to think and recover. She tries to apply the positive thinking methods she learned from Witherspoon, but her confidence wavers. A disastrous blind date with venture capitalist Julius Arkwright seems like another setback. The ex-Marine lives for profit while Grace values different things entirely. Yet Julius possesses combat skills that Grace desperately needs when she realizes someone is hunting her. Witherspoon's business empire collapses around them, leaving bodies in its wake. Grace must face her buried history to expose a scheme targeting not just her life, but everyone she cares about. Julius becomes her ally in this deadly game.
Genres: romance, suspense, mystery, contemporary
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Hometown
327 pages · Hardcover · Putnam Adult
Content warnings: anxiety, depression, mental-illness