Wounded Heart: A Mystery. Reed Family Mysteries, #5

Jackson "Jax" Reed has exchanged his years as a reporter to become a New York Times bestselling author. Being birthed from an affair, Jax has always had a cloud that's loomed over his life. Despite the growing success of his true crime books, a secret that his mother took to the grave has turned his life upside-down. Jax runs into an old flame, Ebony Hampton, the woman who broke off their engagement fifteen years ago.
These two quickly find themselves at odds since Ebony is the FBI agent tasked with investigating the serial killer who happens to be the subject of Jax's latest book. When their shared "subject" makes a daring escape from prison, the former couple will find themselves risking their lives together.