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He plays by the book. She's about to rewrite it.
Space Agent Talock-Rune Noranti is the Interstellar Enforcement Agency's finest: rigid, rule-abiding, and fiercely solitary. He doesn't do partners, and he certainly doesn't do friends. Until she arrived.
Katosha Rameel knew she was in over her head the moment she accepted a posting on a planet crawling with exotic-and lethal-alien species. As one of the few human space agents in existence, she already has a target on her back. Day one is a verified disaster: a broken heel, a promotion straight into the line of fire, and a brooding alien boss who has the audacity to call her weak to her face. He gives her a mocking nickname; she promptly gives him one right back.
But petty bickering has to wait when a serial killer begins terrorizing the glittering, dangerous metropolis of Quartez.
The murderer is targeting Katorian females, leaving a horrific trail of victims in his wake. As Talock and Katosha are thrown into a wild chase through neon-lit nightclubs, the deadly alien black market, and the pristine estates of the city's corrupt elite, the stakes escalate. The latest victim is found missing appendages, raising a chilling question: are they hunting a lone madman, or something far worse?
To catch a monster, the rule-bound alien and the defiant human must learn to trust each other. But as the tension between them ignites into a dangerous attraction, they realize the killer isn't just watching Quartez... he's watching them.