Independence has been something Cate has been dreaming of forever and moving to Florida the day after college graduation seems like just the way to gain it. Changes of that magnitude take some big decisions. But, when everything she has been dreaming of comes crashing down, new, big decisions need to be made. Will Cate stick to her independent desires or will she do what's comfortable?

WATTYS 2021 SHORT LIST**HEART AWARDS FOURTH PLACE. FORMER #1 PROCEDURAL. Detective John Robin discovers the murdered body of the hotshot homicide chief who recruited him to the city's "A Squad", rabbi'd him up to detective, and taught him so much. Distraught, John catches the case...for about two minutes. In the blink of an eye, a more senior detective is assigned instead. How can John get reassigned to the case? How can he solve the murder of his boss and friend? What's happened to his flaky girlfriend, Lizzie, a fallen New York model, and his squad partner Mike, who's having a mental breakdown? How can those clues help him solve the crime? When John himself is attacked, the stakes climb.

What have I done? Trapped in the underground chamber of Satan. My saviour, chained to his underlying nurture, entwined with thorns of poison which could kill one who treads carelessly. He describes me as his fallen angel - a rebellious woman who must reside in the presence of Lucifer, making escape absolutely futile. How could I have not known Asmodeus Madueno would leave me captive under his control? His endless nurture sends me back in chains of cynicism into his darkened soul. Once again I'm his angel - my psychotic lover. ------------------------------------------- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

"You never know when someone is going to come in your life or when they are going to leave. Young or old. Make you happy or sad. Come and quickly leave or stay forever. Once he came in, he was never going to leave. I was trapped. Trapped in the shadow they call Sutter Williams." ... When small town Michigan girl, Thea Day goes to California for the summer to escape the haunting ghost of her past, no one knew she wouldn't be returning as the same girl, including herself. She didn't know she would break the law, she didn't know she would run from the police more than once, and she didn't know she would meet him. He was cruel, he was dangerous and he knew that he would ruin her. He knew she would follow him, he knew she was willing to do anything for him and he knew that there was no going back. Sutter Williams, with his tattooed hands, wanted to steal Thea Day and no one would stop him. What he didn't know is Thea Day, with her tattoo free hands, stole Sutter Williams and he couldn't stop her.

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