Empire Bay, book 1: Love After Never
Melanie Kingsley2023

Even the blackest souls need love…

Seedy underbellies and dark depravities don’t scare me. I’ve seen the worst and survived.

I’ve never seen a man like him before.

Gabriel Blackwell, the raven-haired demon of the underworld. He’s the sickest bastard of them all. He might also be a murder suspect.

If I’m going to do this job and see him behind bars, then I need to use my wits. I do not need to let him slide beneath my defenses the way his hand slips under my shirt.

I can’t stop myself.

And if I don’t, then I won’t make it out the other side of this case. My life hasn’t been anywhere close to easy. He wants me for his own. And a piece of me, the chaotic and traumatized part I barely acknowledge, wants him back. I’m not sure which one will be harder to resist.