This was not our plan.
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"Wasn't it exhausting? Lying to my face for so long?"
Cleo Atwood is the head of the Oceanside Criminal Investigative department, she's 28 and seemingly already has her life together. She's got her dream job, her dream house, her secrets buried deep, life is perfect.
..Or is it?
It was, until she made the mistake of hiring Fallon Smith. That woman can make her way into anybody's heart, even the stone cold, rock hard, secret filled one of Cleo Atwood.
When Cleo and Fallon have no choice but to work together to solve a murder, how close will they get? What secrets will they uncover about each other?
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