Megan, aka Tammy, is on the run from her ex-boyfriend, and gang lord, Calvin. While in WITSEC, she meets Jack, aka Mark, in her new little historical town she was sent to while she awaits trial to testify against Calvin. Jack has just been released from prison for manslaughter of his stepfather 15 years ago. Down on his luck and staying with Sparky, his cellmate who was released four years prior, can’t find a job due to being a convict. Sparky tells him about a one time job that would set him up for life with a payout of 150k and all he has to do is kill someone. Jack tells him no, he is not traveling down that path again. Several weeks later he goes to Sparky and gets him to tell him more about the job. He agrees to do the job after learning all he needed to know, taking off to go kill Megan.

When he runs into Megan, he introduces himself as Mark. After they get to talking he decides she is not what Sparky made her out to be and that he cannot go through with the kill. Now he has to figure out a way to turn down the most feared man around and keep her safe. He tells her he has to go back home and take care of things with his ex, then he will return. Only that is not quite his plan. Before he leaves the motel he is staying in, he writes her a threatening note to get her to contact her WITSEC handlers and relocate to somewhere safer because he knows someone else will be sent to kill her. His plan backfires and she decides not to leave so he has to rush back to help protect her.

They end up hanging out together everyday and get close to each other. When there is an attack,  they take off running, and when they end up in an alley he calls her Megan and not Tammy. After some convincing, they load up on the bus and head to Chicago. On the way, she contacts Khosa, her handler, and fills him in on what’s happened and where they are going so he can come to her. When he and his partner arrive they arrest Jack and take her into the police station for questioning before moving  her to yet another location under a different name and away from Jack.

After some time, they think they are safely off to their HEA but her ex and his cronies have different plans for them.

I wouldn’t say it’s insta-love but it is becoming love by the end of the first date. It’s a suspenseful read that will keep you on the edge of your seat.

Publication Date: March 15, 2019 Pages: 194 Kindle Edition Adult 18+ Romance, Murder, Suspense