
Spring 2023 - The Best Book Award 2nd Place Mystery - Cozy Romance - Suspense Drew isn’t afraid of a fight. After all, he fights fires for a living, but he never once thought that he would be fighting for his future from every side in a million years. He’s getting tired of all the one-night stands with women who could never even come close to holding a candle to the one girl who has had his heart since he was a teenager. Is it possible to find a true love that can measure up to his lost love? He hopes so because he just met the one woman he thinks can. Mark and Jenny, his two best friends, have been put in danger and all the while, Drew tries to keep his new life from falling apart as Mark uncovers and pursues a dangerous conspiracy. Mark follows a case that would take down a very lengthy list of Phoenix City elites. Late nights. Secrets. Is there deception?