Xiaoyu Ma

At the critical moment before Max Mack falls into a deadly trap set by his enemies, Jill Wade saves him—at the cost of a severe and permanent arm injury. Five years later, they cross paths again, unaware of their past connection. But when Jill’s injury is exposed during a fight, doubt sparks in Max’s mind. Suspecting she might be the one who saved him, he orders an investigation into her past.

Harvey Fisher interviews up to five hundred women a day but takes no action—because, as a Solborne, he is searching for a woman with a Bloodmark on her collarbone to cure the Scorchbane poison within him.

Wanda Pike swore vengeance after her mother’s murder—and years later, she’s ready to deliver. As the head of an elite security agency, she infiltrates the life of Mayville’s most feared crime lord, Marco Barone, posing as his lover and fiancée.But on their wedding day, her carefully laid trap erupts in chaos. Marco escapes—only to be shot by the woman he trusted most.Justice? Not quite. When fate throws them together again, the line between predator and prey blurs.