Action, suspense, conspiracy, corruption, and betrayal - and a huge human trafficking network behind it all. So how can a professional assassin and a detective partner in all of that?

Oh my goodness, I can't believe that I missed out on reading all of the previous books leading up to this one. I totally loved it. It was suspenseful, had the right amount of tension and I couldn't put it down. I will definitely be reading the other books by Samantha Wilde, she's definitely a new author for me.

Samantha Wilde has done it again! This was stunning! The plot was well-paced and captivating from start to finish. The characters were well-developed; complex, and intriguing. I highly recommend this suspenseful and thrilling story.

Sophia wants to catch a killer. As a detective working for the Seattle Police Department, she’s working hard on a case with Human traffickers.

When she runs into Cole Holmes at a bar after there’s been a killing in the bathroom, she needs to arrest him, but even though he has a chance to take her out, he doesn’t and walks away.

When she goes snooping around for him, he notices and warns her off in her apartment. When the baby monitor goes off and reveals her 4 year old daughter Bella waking up from a nightmare to Cole, he’s mad he didn’t dig deeper.

Bella goes missing the next day and all Sophia can think of his that Cole had something to do with it. When she confronts him, and he denies it, she falls apart. They make a deal. She won’t have him arrested and he helps her find her daughter.

For over half of the book we follow Cole and Sophia and how they bring back Bella. When the Human Traffickers are still operating, they work together with Coles brothers to take them down. Sparks and feelings fly around Cole and Sophia, but when a second abduction happens and the police is involved, Cole has only one choice left.

I’ve been listening to a lot of crime podcasts and to know how “slow” the police work can be, this book definitely reflects it and it’s aggravating when this happens to missing children cases. I’m not saying to go out there and find yourself an assassin with underworld connections when someone in your life goes missing. In this fictional book though, it worked, lol.

I received an advance review copy for free, and I am leaving this review voluntarily.