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He changed his name.
He buried his past.
But fate has a funny way of pulling you right back in.
After a deadly fire, a staged death, and what seemed like a lifetime in the shadows of the Yakuza, Sung Jin-woo was ready for a clean slate. With a new name and a forged résumé-courtesy of a well-placed relative-he lands in the U.S. as a fresh-faced detective in a city that doesn't ask too many questions.
A new job. A new city. A new life.
At first, things seem promising. There's Saori Ito-stunning, sharp, and seemingly perfect. Until she's... not. Then there's Zoe Patel-sweet as can be and head over heels. But the chemistry? Dead on arrival.
Then walks in Miko Ojo.
Wearing a pink shirt with a cartoon dog and armed with a sarcastic one-liner, she came in to give a police report-and walked right out with his heart. Jin-woo was hooked. Something about her stirred the kind of feeling he didn't know he still had in him. Like she reached in, grabbed his soul by the collar, and dared him to fall.
And he did.
But ghosts don't stay buried. And secrets have a way of clawing to the surface-especially when you've got blood on your hands and a past full of enemies who never forget.
Can a man running from his past find love in the one person who makes him want a future?
Or will everything he's built come crashing down before he gets the chance?