The Scorpion's Mark

Sometimes the most dangerous inheritance isn't money or property - it's the blood running through your veins. Eva Bartlett thought she knew exactly who she was: a small-town CPA with a quiet life, a loving adoptive family, and a talent for organizing other people's financial chaos. Her biggest worry was whether to give her mediocre boyfriend another chance, and her greatest excitement came from yelling at referees during her brother's rugby matches.
That certainty shattered the night gunmen opened fire at a local carnival, turning a simple evening out into a nightmare of blood and terror. What should have been random violence quickly revealed itself as something far more personal - and far more dangerous. When federal agent Gabe Baxter enters her life, Eva discovers that someone has been hunting her, and the attack at the carnival was just the beginning.
The small birthmark behind her ear that she's never given a second thought suddenly becomes the key to unlocking a past she never knew existed - a past that powerful people have killed to keep buried. In a world where loyalty is currency and betrayal is a death sentence; Eva Bartlett is about to learn that the most dangerous enemy isn't always the one you can see coming. Sometimes, it's the one who's been waiting twenty-six years for the perfect moment to strike.
The Scorpion's Mark is a spicy romantic suspense novella about the power of chosen family, the price of hidden truths, and the courage it takes to write your own story when everyone else wants to write it for you.