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Zusatztext Praise for Alone in the Dark “Intricately woven characters set within a well-crafted! suspenseful plot marks the latest from Rose. Marcus and Scarlett are two haunted! wary! yet tough characters! and their intense emotional and physical connection will hook readers in. Rose’s precise storytelling expresses the high-stakes tension well.”— RT Book Reviews “The latest romantic thriller from Rose deftly mixes a family crime saga and the horrors of human trafficking into a murder investigation.”— Publishers Weekly More Praise for Karen Rose and her novels “The queen of romantic suspense”— Crime and Publishing “An excellent example of how far-reaching and varied romance can be. The plot is complex! the characterization sound and the boundaries of the genre pushed...tremendously sexy.”— The New York Times “Karen Rose delivers the kind of high-wire suspense that keeps you riveted.”—Lisa Gardner! #1 New York Times bestselling author “From the first rousing chapter to the last...intense! complex! and unforgettable.”—James Patterson! #1 New York Times bestselling author “Rose writes blistering! high-octane suspense that never lets up.”—Karen Robards! New York Times bestselling author “Takes off like a house afire. There's action and chills galore in this non-stop thriller.”—Tess Gerritsen! New York Times bestselling author Informationen zum Autor Karen Rose Klappentext New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose returns with a breathtaking novel of suspense in the Cincinnati series-one that crosses the line between danger and desire, and justice and revenge. Homicide Detective Scarlett Bishop has seen enough bad guys slip through the cracks and innocent victims go unavenged to know that good doesn't always prevail. So far she's been able to lock away her rage and her vigilante fantasies. That lock is about to break. Former Army Ranger Marcus O'Bannion is a fierce champion of victims' rights. His secret past gives him good reason. He believes he's seen the depths of human depravity, but then his investigation into the murder of a young girl who once asked for his help lures him and Scarlett down a dark, dark road-and straight into the crosshairs of a dangerous, powerful underground ring that deals in human trafficking. To stop them, Scarlett and Marcus have to be just as cunning and just as ruthless. But first they have to make it out alive. Prologue Cincinnati, Ohio Tuesday, August 4, 2:45 a.m. Where is he? He promised he’d be here. Controlling her panic, Tala looked around, quick, furtive glances. All she saw were the neighborhood residents, going about their business. Of course, at this time of the night, very little of their business was good. Nobody noticed her. Nobody had followed her. She hoped. She shrank back into the shadows, deciding to give him another minute. She had to get back before they discovered she’d slipped away. If they hadn’t already. And if they had . . . her life was over. Maybe literally. And not only her life. She’d risked the lives of every member of her family, too. If she was caught, all of their lives would be forfeit. Yet she’d risked it. Because of the baby. Everything she did was for that little bundle who smiled and cooed because she wasn’t yet old enough to know how bad the world really was. Tala would sell her soul to keep the baby safe, to keep her from being sucked into this hell—as Tala had been when she was only fourteen years old. That had been three years ago. Three years that had aged her a lifetime. Three years that had stolen the light from her mother’s eyes and turned her proud father into a shell of a man. Her parents were frozen, powerless, because they feared for their children. Tala understood that. But she ...
