When your past closes in, running isn’t always an option…Phoenix, Inc., Book 1The jobs Marcus Lowry works for at Phoenix, Inc. Investigations are quick and easy,and they don’t give him the nightmares his days as a CIA operative did. That is, until he getsinvolved in a case that grabs him by the throat and won’t let go.Cole Jacobs left behind his old life as a rent boy to make a name for himself rebuildinghigh-end and vintage cars and bikes. But when a stalker threatens to kill him—and to hurtanyone who stands in his way—his past closes in on him, and he’s not sure where to turn.The last thing Marcus wants to do is take on a charity case, and to say that he and Coledon’t see eye to eye at first is putting things mildly. But when the first attempt on Cole’s lifenearly kills them both, Marcus realizes that Cole is in real danger, and Cole is forced toreveal everything. Almost everything. Because Cole’s deepest secrets could destroy themboth.Warning: Contains a secretive mechanic with a talent for spotting a diamond beneatha beat-up exterior; a hard-nosed investigator who isn’t so rusty he doesn’t recognize instantattraction when it hits him in the gut; and hot sex spiced with trust issues and danger.

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