Truth Cuts Deeper

Haunted by her partner’s murder, Detective Sloane Mercer reinvents herself as “Ava Cross,” a disgraced socialite ruined by a high-profile libel case mirroring the infamous Vaughn v. Sterling trial. Her mission: to lure the Reaper, a vigilante serial killer who executes the untouchable. But as predator and prey engage in a lethal dance of seduction, Sloane discovers that falling for a killer is the deadliest deception—and the truth she uncovers may be more devastating than any blade.