Scarlet: Spies in High Places, Book 1

by Shari Gilson

One name stood out as legendary above the rest in the glitzy, high-fashion world of international modeling. Scarlet. Yet Sabra Betancourt—the woman behind the name—couldn’t fully appreciate the esoteric lifestyle. Being this renowned seemed to encourage zealots out of the woodwork, putting a target onto her back. Jake Decker, rugged former military man, had forged an illustrious career for himself as a bodyguard. His enlistment to protect Sabra seemed the perfect fit. Soon into this new assignment, he begins to notice that things don’t add up. The more he jets around the world with her in her rarefied career, the more certain he becomes that his client is leading a double life. In a series of assassination attempts, Jake finds it impossible to believe the perpetrator to be some deranged fan as originally assumed. This entity must be something more—more powerful and more deadly. Yet his client seems to have an unearthly ability to sidestep these threats before Jake can even detect them. Jake struggles to find out who she really is and who is pursuing her. Along the way, he finds himself falling in love with the woman whose true self unintentionally bleeds through her wall of concealment. Their war of wills plays out in vivid color as he follows the woman he thinks he loves into the various dens of elitism and wealth-- all the while, a potent assassin stalking her every step.

253 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 2, 2020