Across My Heart (Dynasty of Murders #1)

From the bestselling author of Pretending, Across My Heart is a standalone novel at 95,000+ words.

AMELIA

Everything I know is a lie.

My name. My family. One huge, tangled web of lies.

Only one man has the guts to tell me the truth.

Casper North is everything I'm not. Brave. Wild. Adventurous—with a reputation for living on the edge. My story unravels around the same time I discover he's stalking me. Or as he calls it, protecting me. Just being near me puts his life at risk, but he stays anyway, exposing me for who I really am.

Who am I?

My real name is Amelia Serra. My family's legacy is death. One by one, we fall like dominoes. Until eventually, there will be none of us left.

Guess who's next in line? That's right—yours truly.

CASPER

I can't save her.

She's naïve. Gorgeous. And a Serra. Meaning, she will die. Soon.

I was never even supposed to meet her. She was just a side job, some extra cash in my pocket, and a favor to her father. Watch her, find out if someone's after her—that's all I was told to do. Then she had to go and put herself on the brink of death, forever linking my life with hers.

Now I can't stay away.

I should get out of her life. Stay unattached. Except I can't. There's something about her that draws me in, and I can’t let go. The last time I lost someone, it almost destroyed me. Amelia just might be the girl who buries me for good.

There's a target on her back, but she's marking an X across my heart.

NEW ADULT ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
Recommended for 17+ due to mature language and adult situations.