Dnf

Coming back to my hometown was supposed to bring me peace and save the pitiful excuse called my marriage crumbling at my feet, but a lot can happen in eleven years. People grow up, find new love, and even lose people they never expected. The one thing I never anticipated though, just walked through my door as the architect assigned to design my company’s new building. Dean Jameson. He was the perfect boy next door, my first love, and the one who got away. Now, he’s nothing more than the husband to my only friend in town, and the man I know I can’t have. We aren’t who we used to be. We’ve lost, we’ve married other people, and we’ve moved on. Too bad my heart says otherwise though. His presence alone is only fanning the flames of the destructive fire in me and making me question everything around me. He and I can’t work–I know that–but the truth is, I never stopped loving him, and perhaps I never will.

Nell Gallows is the sole survivor of an elite dark forces squad, Riøt, after a detrimental attack two years ago. Unsurprisingly, she’s being put up as the top candidate for the special ops Malum. The squad that goes where no one else will or can. There’s only one Malum blames their one casualty from the Patagonia mission on the Riøt squad. So what is she to do when she finds herself on a plane to California and on her way to a sure death sentence? A one\-night stand. At least, that’s all it was supposed to be—one last night to be free. Only, she finds out too late that the dark and mysterious man she solely wanted as a fling is not only her new comrade but also the one she dreaded meeting most—her immediate superior and untouchable devil in the field. Bones. He’s hell on earth—cruel and unforgiving, but most of all, he hates her, and he makes sure she knows it. And yet, she finds herself unwilling to leave his side when he’s unable to get to the evac point when their mission goes awry. She stays behind with the devil and the secrets he keeps. They only have one another to trust when no faith is left.