Deadly Stakes

A murder. A lie. A temptation neither of them can afford.

When a powerful executive is gunned down inside his best friend’s luxury hotel, Detective Derrick Holmes is assigned the case.

The only witness? A high-end escort who was never supposed to be in that room.

Sonnet Jackson walked into the wrong suite and straight into a nightmare. She saw the killer. Worse…she knows him. Terrified for her life, Sonnet lies.

Derrick knows it. He sees the fear behind her defiance. The secrets she’s trying to hide. And he’s determined to break through her walls, even if it means getting dangerously close.

What starts as strategy becomes something far more dangerous. Because Derrick isn’t just chasing the truth. He’s falling for the witness.

But powerful enemies are closing in, men who will do anything to keep their secrets buried.

When a brutal attack puts them both in the crosshairs, Derrick calls in the only people he trusts: a brotherhood willing to stand and fight when everything turns deadly.

The clock is ticking. The truth could cost them everything. And surrendering to desire may be the most dangerous risk of all.

A steamy romantic suspense with a protective hero, where loyalty is everything and love might be the one gamble they can’t afford to lose.