Overview

Can you trust your first impressions?

Detective Ellie Harding has everything she wanted: After getting promoted and marrying the love of her life, she is working on a high profile case. None of it could prepare her for a life-changing surprise.

Jordan and Derek are investigating a double homicide that confronts them with the ugly realities of human trafficking. Did the two men fall victim to turf wars or vigilante justice?

The search for closure comes with unexpected revelations…and dangers.

TRIGGER/CONTENT WARNING:
violence, human trafficking

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About Barbara Winkes

Barbara Winkes writes suspense and romance with lesbian characters at the center. She has always loved stories in which women persevere and lift each other up. Expect high drama and happy endings.

Discover a variety of genres, serial and standalone. Women loving women always take the lead.

Thriller & Suspense: The Carpenter/Harding thrillers (ongoing series), Amber Alert, The Amnesia Project, Secrets, Jayce & Emma romantic suspense (series now complete), the Joanna Mitchell Thrillers (Killer Instinct, Exit Strategy & Original Sin)

Killer Instinct and The Amnesia Project are also available as audiobooks, narrated by TJ Richards.

Romance: Venus & Aphrodite, The Interpretation of Love and the Truth, Open Spaces, The Design of Everything Perfect, the Callie & Rebecca series (complete), Bells Will Be Ringing (A Sweet Lesbian Christmas Romance)

Speculative Fiction: RISE, CYPHER, The Exodus Strategy