A Heart of Desire and Deceit

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>How does one pick up the pieces of their life after it has been obliterated by the person they mistakingly trusted?</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ryker Waterborn's heart is broken and his wife is a killer. Their marriage is a sham built on a foundation of murder lies and deceit. They're broken. Destroyed. Yet even after hearing her confession Ryker cannot leave Brynleigh in the Pit.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In an act of foolish love he makes a deal to set Brynleigh free. All she has to do is go back to her Maker and find evidence that Jelisette de la Point is a traitor.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>That's easier said than done but Brynleigh is left with no choice. She can either accept the deal or rot behind bars. Worse than all that is her relationship with Ryker.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Once she thought they'd get a happy ending. Now an ocean divides them.</span></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>She broke the rules and fell in love but is love powerful enough to save them?</span></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>This is the second half of Ryker and Brynleigh's duet and should be read after A Game of Love and Betrayal.</strong></p>