When the line between pain and pleasure blurs, everyone bleeds. Detective Jaime Baros claws her way through each night, haunted by the blood-soaked memory of her fiancée’s brutal murder. Three years of insomnia haven’t dulled the pain. Now a sadistic killer carves a path through the city, forcing Jaime to plunge into the abyss she’s fought desperately to avoid. The investigation slams her against Lady A, a dominatrix whose razor-sharp gaze ignites a hunger Jaime believed died with her fiancée. As Lady A’s world consumes her, Jaime can’t distinguish between predator and prey. Beneath Lady A’s iron control writhes Anastasia Grant, a woman shattered by betrayal four years ago. She exists in shadows with her cat Derek—until her clients begin appearing in morgues and a devastatingly magnetic detective crashes through her carefully constructed walls. With death circling closer, Jaime and Anya must rip open old wounds and surrender to their most terrifying desires or become the killer’s next masterpiece.
Authors
I’ve been in Houston, Texas, writing novels and designing websites since 2009. Moving here was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made, because I’ve been able to live wonderfully, and write my heart out. I’ve always enjoyed the arts in one form or another. Music sets the mood, reading stimulates my brain, and writing allows me to utilize my imagination in any way I want. I’ve been writing stories since I was a teen, and figured out it was my passion when I finished my first novel, Something About Eve. I love being captivated by books that lead me into different, exotic places, and through impossible scenarios. I love being able to become someone else for a time. Reading has always inspired me to bring my own characters out to play. My hope is that my writing will inspire others, or at the least, give them a way to escape from everyday life for a little while. If I'm not writing or reading, I'm training for triathlons. It's a good way to challenge my body the way I challenge my brain when writing. I'm not the greatest at it, but not only do I do it for the challenge, I do it for charity. It's a good motivation. :)
Melissa Tereze is a best-selling author living in Liverpool, UK, with her fiancée and Golden Retriever. She holds a degree in Sports Development, and when she’s not writing, she can be found at a local bar singing one of her favourite tracks. You can contact Melissa through her social media and her website.
