Burned: Deadly Desires

by Donnee Patrese

No one can be trusted. No one is safe. Inferno lounge is the underbelly of the city. A world where escorts meet clients, owners make money, and everyone tries not to get burned. But beware. There’s a killer on the loose. One with a hunger for death. Every woman at Inferno is on the menu. Including, Kimberly Lawson. A dedicated college student by day. A steamy Inferno escort by night. Kim values money above all else. Even over her desire to love and be loved. Love is the farthest thing from Malcolm Johnson’s mind. He’s all about fulfilling fantasies and getting something he can’t get at home. Kim fits the bill. If only he can get his brother to back off. Kenneth Johnson isn’t a man to give up on love. What he and Kim have is special…even if she doesn’t know it yet. When women at the lounge begin to die, Kim questions her choice of profession and the men in her life. Who can she trust? A killer is out there and no one knows who will be next. From the author of the Prohibited Series comes a new romantic suspense story where the question becomes…who will survive?

Kindle Edition

Published May 28, 2020

About the author

Donnée Patrese Harris was born a hopeless romantic in Gary, Indiana with her mother, father and 8 siblings.

As very young child she would spend all of her time reading books and getting lost in her own imagination. She would often find herself "finishing" books that she read in her own words. She just couldn't bare to let the story end. It was at this point she decided she wanted to be a published writer.

Most people realized writing was in her blood. Junior high school teachers were impressed with her poetry and short stories. It was in Junior High that Donnée was exposed to her first romance novel.

By the time she arrived at West Side High School in 1998 she began to write poetry in Spanish.

Knowing she wanted to write Donnée thought she could use her creativity in a different setting. She received a B.A. in Journalism from Butler University and spent a short time as a reporter for the Post Tribune in Gary and Merrillville, Indiana.

Though reporting was very interesting, Donnée felt her creative heart was being smothered and the life of a reporter no longer appealed to her. After giving birth to her daughter she decided to focus on her writing.

Donnée is a member of Delta Delta Delta Sorority and is the Co-Owner and Executive Creative Director of First Draft Publishing, LLC.

Currently, Donnée is working on Diary of a Wanted Woman which is set to be completed Fall 2012 and Down and Dirty which is set to be completed Spring of 2013.

She now lives in Bakersfield, CA with her loving husband, 3 kids and cat.