Jaye Marie and Anita Dawes

Who once was lost now is found. But grace didn’t lead her home.

For the last year, the sinister shadow of unsolved kidnappings has haunted Detectives Holden Walsh and Cabe Paxton. Their cold case turns hot when one of the abductees returns, but her traumatized silence only sparks more questions.

As the detectives unravel a web of deception, they discover depraved horrors spreading further than either imagined. Confronted by secrets and stymied by lies, they finally uncover the truth—though not fast enough.

Another girl is taken.

With their friendship straining under the weight of the case, Walsh and Paxton race to find and stop the ruthless predator, all the while battling an unforgiving clock—and sometimes each other.

The past threatens to repeat itself. Because only some people are born to seek justice.

Others are born for revenge.

Excerpt from Born for Revenge…

Holden looked down at the pizza on the table. Then he looked at his partner. “What?” “You know what.” Cabe couldn’t keep the guilt off his face, but he didn’t have the courtesy to own up to his mistake.

“They didn’t have any pepperoni and mushroom ready, so I got you a sausage and banana pepper, which I know you like, and I paid extra out of my own pocket for a slice of supreme, which technically has pepperoni and mushrooms on it, plus a whole bunch of other stuff.”

“But I didn’t want a whole bunch of other stuff. I wanted pepperoni and mushroom. Which I would have had if you hadn’t eaten mine.”

“Yours would have been cold by the time you got back.”

“Wouldn’t have changed the flavor. And I told you I’d text when I wanted you to place my order.”

“I was trying to be efficient.”

 “You were being lazy. Now I have something I don’t want.”

“Just pick off the other stuff.”

“The flavor’s still on it.”

“You’re awfully picky for a guy who got a free slice out of the deal. Plus an upgrade. I paid extra for the supreme when I replaced what I ate.”

“You wouldn’t have had to replace it if you hadn’t eaten it in the first place. Also, you kept my change from the first pizza you ordered me.”

“Well, if you hadn’t been gone so long, none of that would have happened.”

 “If you hadn’t insisted on ordering for me before I told you to, it wouldn’t have happened, either.”

 “I was trying to save time. I didn’t know you were going to be gone for an hour. Besides, if you waited until now to order, they wouldn’t have had what you wanted, anyway.”

 “Ugh.” The long-suffering sigh came from the other side of the divider…

Our Review

The opening chapter has a mysterious, unnamed male suffering from a relative’s scathing criticism. He must find a way to silence this slander, but who is he?

Born for Revenge is a fast-moving, well-written story that kept me on the edge of my seat, even though I was laughing most of the time!

This was my first visit to meet the detectives, Cabe Paxton and Holden Walsh. Two very different men who manage to work well together. I hope it won’t be my last visit, as I loved the tension, the humour, and the chemistry between these two…

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