Nightjade

About this book

Museum conservator Mira Sohn can spot a forgery in anything. In Urumqi she finds one about to be made legal by her own signature, and her only way out of the country is Cole Brennan, a burned-out fixer who deals in exits. A slow-burn romantic suspense across the desert.

She can spot a forgery in any object on earth. She just can’t tell whether the man hired to save her life is the realest thing she has ever touched, or the most dangerous lie.

Museum conservator Mira Sohn came to Urumqi to be honest for once. Instead she finds a flawless forgery about to be made legal by her own signature, and a courteous European dealer who would rather see her dead than let her talk. Her only way out of the country is Cole Brennan: a burned-out British fixer who deals in exits, never in people, not since the last one he let himself care about died on his watch.

Two thousand miles of desert lie between Mira and the border. Sandstorms, corrupt checkpoints, and a trafficking network that buys the road one driver at a time lie between her and the truth. And Cole is carrying a secret that could shatter the only thing keeping her alive: her trust in him.

As the miles close and the walls come down, Mira and Cole learn that the most dangerous crossing is not the one on any map. It is the one into each other.

A slow-burn romantic suspense for readers who love grumpy-sunshine tension, forced proximity, and a love story that has to survive everything the desert, and the truth, can throw at it.

Start the journey tonight.