Two Seconds Too Late

by Dani Pettrey

Part of Jeopardy Falls, book 2

First published 2025

A woman disappears from a luxury couples retreat in northern New Mexico just hours after fighting publicly with her boyfriend. Her friends contact Riley MacLeod, a skip tracer who specializes in finding missing people. The job requires Riley to go undercover at the spa, where she must work with private investigator Greyson Chadwick as her fake partner. Riley operates by instinct and breaks rules. Greyson follows procedures and plans every move. Their opposing methods create friction, but attraction builds between them as they dig into the case. The investigation draws the attention of a professional killer who begins hunting them across the remote landscape. Riley and Greyson uncover a secret that changes everything they thought they knew about the disappearance. They race to solve the case while staying ahead of the hitman who wants them dead. Their survival depends on learning to trust each other.

Genres: romance, suspense, mystery, adult, adult-fiction, thriller

Vibes: atmospheric, fast-paced, high-stakes, suspenseful, tension-filled

Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forced-proximity, opposites-attract, slow-burn

Setting: Northern New Mexico, Luxury couples retreat

320 pages · Paperback · Bethany House Publishers

Content warnings: murder, violence

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