Ellory van den Berg returns home late one night to find her husband has been murdered. But that’s only the first shock of the night. The second is when the first detective on the scene is Ellory's high school sweetheart. The one with whom she was Elle. The one who broke her heart.
Jason Connelly worked hard and made detective with the NYPD only couple of years after the academy. He's made a name for himself, even if there is a gaping hole in his heart. When he comes face to face with the one that got away at the crime scene of her murdered husband, just hearing her call him Jay is like a healing balm.
But did Elle do it? Did she hire it? If she did, Jay will have no choice but to protect her.
Isabelle Peterson is the author of Intoxicating Romances weaving her love of wine and cocktails into steamy, swoonworthy love stories. She’s a Chicago suburban girl living in coastal Connecticut with her husband of more than thirty years. When she's not writing, Isabelle can be found creating a new cocktail or enjoying a favorite one, savoring a good glass of wine, cooking or baking. In fact, if she weren't a creative writer, she'd probably be a bartender or chef somewhere.