In the Clear

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)><em>He needs to keep the gorgeous competition out of his head...and his bed.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Former FBI agent Abe Royal believes in hard work justice and a suit for every occasion.</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> He's hot on the trail of an elusive book thief when he realizes he's being followed...by a sultry cunning stranger.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Ambitious young detective Sloane Argento has just been handed the case of a lifetime. It's a challenge she's prepared to meet head-on. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Until she finds herself in a sexy game of cat-and-mouse with the devastatingly handsome competition. Tempting the sinful devil hidden beneath his cool façade might just become as much a priority as capturing the criminal.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Abe's stoic restraint shows cracks every time Sloane gets too close. He needs distance rules to protect himself. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when teaming up is the only way to race the ticking clock he's left wondering just how long he can deny his attraction to this risky red-hot distraction.</strong></p><p></p><p><strong>The Codex Series (books must be read in order):</strong></p><p>#1 BEHIND THE VEIL</p><p>#2 UNDER THE ROSE</p><p>#3 IN THE CLEAR</p><p></p>