When garage owner Topaz Emerson meets newspaper publisher Alexander Rice on a deserted road in Charlotte, North Carolina she’s understandably intrigued. Looks aside, there’s something about Alex that tugs and tugs relentlessly. Topaz never bothers to ask about his past… For years, Alex has been haunted by memories of his da... ys as a contract killer. Regardless of all that he’s accomplished, he can’t quite escape the ghosts that relentlessly pursue. Meeting Topaz brings hope that he isn’t doomed to live a cursed half-life. That hope is soon threatened when Topaz and her fellow small business owners find themselves tangled in a mysterious land deal. The stakes are high and the results could be fatal. To protect the woman he loves, Alex may have to submit to his relentless ghosts and kill again. read more
Romantic SuspenseParanormal RomanceRomanceErotic RomanceDark Romance & EroticaAfrican American InterestTeen & Young Adult
BIOGRAPHY AlTonya Washington has been a romance novelist for 15 years. She's the winner of two Romantic Times Magazine Reviewer's Choice Awards and a Romance Slam Jam EMMA. She lives in North Carolina and works as a Reference Librarian.
She began her writing career with BET's Arabesque imprint and writes traditionally... for Harlequin's Kimani Romance line. Under the pen name T. Onyx she crafts erotica and as Ally Fleming she pens Interracial Romantic Suspense. As Temple Carver, she creates Mainstream Romance Suspense Thrillers. Temple's debut title is: "Elite Deception."
When she's not writing, she can be found with a good book, a good movie, or a good movie based on a good book!read more