Partnerbetrayal Stories

** **"The prettiest faces hide the ugliest secrets."** Damon Cross lost years to prison for a crime he did. He rebuilt his life as a makeup artist to the stars. One party. One dead celebrity. And now he's the prime suspect in a murder he didn't commit. Detective Sloane Bennett was his senior in high school. Now she's the only person who sees past his record. But believing him might cost her career... and her life. As Sloane digs, she uncovers Marlow Vey's double life: drugs, blackmail, and a violent manager with ties to a city-wide drug ring. Witnesses start dying. A syringe. A poison. All left-handed. When the killer comes for Sloane's 5-year-old cousin, Damon takes a bullet to protect her. Now it's war. From crime scenes to cozy kitchens, from interrogations to almost-kisses, Sloane and Damon must catch a killer who's always 10 steps ahead. Can love and justice survive when the system is corrupt? **This is Lipstick And Blood.** *Where glamour meets murder, and trust is the deadliest weapon.*

I am uploading a new, updated version of this book! To me, it is much better and makes much more sense. Please look at and read that one. It is called 'Oddities ❀,' but it now a completely different cover photo. --------- Started: March 20, 2023 1st draft finished: June 25, 2025 Finished editing (on my own): October 10, 2025 --------- I have NO rights or ownership of any of the pictures (including cover photo) or songs! I found them all on google and I would love to give credit but have no way too 😔 --------- In this world about 20% of people have an ability called 'Oddities'. For a lot of them they have a bad backstory and are traumatized so they went into hiding because having this ability isn't normal. In fact a handful of them went to 'facilities' and are never heard from again. Those people refer to themselves as 'inside' and the people who live free from them are 'outside' people. Elsie Kirigaya and 3 of her friends (Kylie, Cassadie and Cersie) have oddities and are living on the 'outside'. At first they lived a 'normal' life. That was until the summer before college Elsie and her friends went on a life changing adventure thanks to her ex-girlfriend (not by choice) named Kylie. They go to two different 'facilities' and help the 'inside' escape while trying to stop the 'President' of the facilities named Damian Lord. He has an evil plan for the ones he captured. All while still finding their feelings for one another. Will they (Kylie, Elsie, Cassadie and Cersie and all of the people they helped rescue from both facilities) be able to catch and stop Damian Lord? What will happen with Kylie and Elsie? Will they get back together or be broken up forever?