A Cold Dark Place. Cold Justice, #1

From New York Times bestselling author Toni Anderson comes a heart-stopping Romantic Thriller... An assassin risks everything when he falls in love with the dedicated FBI agent hunting him. Alex Parker wants out of the assassination business, but his handlers refuse to release him. At least he only eliminates serial killers and pedophiles, which makes him one of the good guys...that's what he tells himself with each new assignment. While searching for her sister's killer, FBI Special Agent Mallory Rooney stumbles on evidence of a vigilante at work. When Mallory starts asking questions, Alex is ordered to watch her.
But when they meet, the chemistry between them is combustible and proves impossible to resist. The lies and betrayals that define Alex's life close in and threaten to destroy them both. And when the killer who stole her sister all those years ago makes Mallory his next target, Alex is forced to sacrifice himself and their relationship to protect the woman he loves. With nearly five thousand 5-star reviews on Goodreads this Romantic Thriller leaves readers wanting more! Winner of the New England Readers' Choice Award and the Aspen Gold for Romantic Suspense. A COLD DARK PLACE can be read as a STANDALONE.
It is also the first book in the Cold Justice Series. Alex and Mallory appear as secondary characters in subsequent books. What readers are saying..."Spine-tingling suspense and dangerously seductive romance!!"- Ripe For Reader"The suspense is high and the romance is hot!"--Harlequin Junkie"The suspense is nonstop and the romance is hot."--Avonna Loves Genres."I couldn't find a good stopping point so I gave up trying to sleep and got up in the middle of the night and finished the book." The Book Nympho."I loved this book."--The Voracious Reader.