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I love flowers. Being a botanist has always been my dream, but life got in the way—and, nowadays, I have a job at the flower shop near my crummy apartment. So that's something, right? Maybe it's not in the best neighborhood, but it's a bright spot in a dirty city, and at least there are usually cops around. I've noticed one in particular lately, keeping an eye on the shop.

I can’t escape him. I thought I did. When I slipped off one night, leaving everything in my old life behind, I was ready to sacrifice it all if only to leave him behind, too. But, like always, my ex chases after me. That’s what he does, after all. Holding to the vows I was too young and naive to understand, William Burke will have me ’til death do us part. And then, almost immediately, it does—when Will is slaughtered in a back alley.

From the moment I walked away from my old life and started a new one in the small town of Shadowvale, I learned there were three rules I should follow if I wanted to survive—One: don’t go outside at night alone. Two: don’t ask questions about the obviously haunted house at the far side of town. And three: don’t catch Hunter Reed’s attention. Me? I broke all three almost immediately. The Reeds own Shadowvale. They live in the haunted house, and everyone seems afraid of them

Five years ago, the Libellula Family ruined my life. It doesn’t matter who was responsible. I blamed the man who created his gang of thugs: Damien Libellula himself. If it wasn’t for him giving free rein to his soldiers to pass their funny money through my store, I wouldn’t have been accused of money laundering—and counterfeiting. I was a naive twenty-five-year-old then. Four years in a minimum-security prison later, and I’m out for revenge. I changed my name. My hair. My accent.

Thirteen years ago, Nicholas had everything he wanted—Tamryn, his former teacher, was his. When she disappeared, he never stopped looking for her… and dreaming about everything he would do to her. And after his ruthless twin deposits her under his Christmas tree, he knows he’ll never let her go. A dark holiday romance!