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Content levels
ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentSteamy
LanguageModerate
Trigger warnings
AnxietyDeath of ChildDepressionKidnappingMental IllnessOCDPsychosisPTSDRapeSexual Assault
Positive tags
healing arcslow burnhappy endingredemption arc
Tropes
BodyguardInstant AttractionMorally Gray HeroMystery RomanceProtectorRomantic SuspenseSingle ParentSlow BurnStrangers to LoversTouch Her and Die
Themes
Grief and LossHealingIdentitylove vs dutysacrifice
Synopsis
Sometimes love is stronger than death...Security agent Dante Moran can't afford the luxury of love—in his line of work, emotions can get you killed. Besides, he's never recovered from the pain of losing his high school sweetheart to a serial rapist and killer. As far as Dante is concerned, his heart died the day her body was discovered.But when he's hired to find Tessa Westbrook's missing daughter, Dante is shocked to feel his long-buried emotions rise to the surface. Tessa stirs something in him that he hasn't felt since he was a kid...something that makes him think she could become more than a client. But Tessa's past is full of secrets, and with a killer still on the loose, Dante must decide if she's worth dying for....
Tags
detective/investigator romanceThriller Romance