THE MAN I WAS HUNTING
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❝ Scarlett Hayes had spent years chasing justice.
After losing the only family she had ever known, she dedicated her life to becoming a detective, determined to uncover the truth no matter how deeply it was buried.
Then the murders began.
One victim after another.
No witnesses.
No mistakes.
No suspect.
Only a killer who always seemed to be one step ahead.
As Scarlett gets closer to the truth, she finds herself drawn to a man she never expected to trust-Lucien Graves.
Quiet. Intelligent. Impossible to read.
The kind of man who appears exactly when she needs him.
The kind of man she can't seem to stay away from.
But some people hide monsters behind masks.
And some investigations lead straight to the person standing beside you.
The closer Scarlett gets to solving the case, the closer she gets to a truth that could destroy everything she believes in.
Including the man she's falling for. ❞
🖤 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭 𝐇𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐬 × 𝐋𝐮𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐬
A Detective.
A Serial Killer.
And a story where love and obsession walk hand in hand.
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