Where Love & Lies Collide

Eden Marks is a small-town sheriff with a badge, a backbone, and a buried past. When Lucas Romano—the boy who broke her heart and vanished—returns under a false name, everything she thought was behind her comes roaring back with a vengeance. He’s no longer the sweet, reckless teen from the backroads. Now, he’s entangled with a Chicago crime syndicate, and Eden’s quiet county has become a trafficking corridor. As the line between duty and desire blurs, Eden must choose: uphold the law, or follow the man who still haunts her every thought. Secrets ignite. Gunfire erupts.

In the scorched summer of Humble, Texas, feared enforcer Dante Vexx is handed one final assignment: kill his hundredth target and seal his legacy. But the name in the file isn’t just another cop. Lila Reyes is the girl he once watched dance barefoot beneath rooftop bar lights two summers ago—before he knew her name, before she wore a badge.