Desire & Protection (Paperback)
Heather Marsala
Sold by CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 29 June 2022
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Add to basketSold by CitiRetail, Stevenage, United Kingdom
AbeBooks Seller since 29 June 2022
Condition: New
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketPaperback. Inside the unraveling of a detective's life lies a silence that hides more than secrets - it guards a past he's never faced.Roman Viento is a homicide detective abruptly reassigned to New York after a life-threatening confrontation that nearly sent him into a spiral rooted in his childhood. The move feels like protection, until he's sent back to Chicago, straight into everything he tried to outrun.What he's asked to do when he returns changes everything.A deeper betrayal pulls him into a web of corruption where justice and survival blur beyond recognition. He slips back into the role he's mastered - surreptitious, strategic, and emotionally sealed. But the past isn't finished with him. Aniella Fasquelle is ambitious, kind, and unprepared for the shadows she's about to enter. She notices the fractures he swore didn't exist.And Eli, a boy from the shelter with questions Roman's been avoiding, drags the past he's fought to keep buried into the light.Both could shatter the control that's kept him alive. One through love, the other through truth.Tense, addictive, and quietly explosive, Desire & Protection is a gripping debut about trauma, betrayal, and the cost of letting someone in. A homicide detective is forced to return to the city he tried to escape, and face the woman and shelter boy who threaten everything he's kept buried, including a&nbs This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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A detective with a shattered past.
A silence that hides more than secrets—it conceals the night he’s never spoken of.
Roman Viento is a homicide detective, abruptly pulled from his case and reassigned to New York after a life-threatening confrontation that nearly sent him into a spiral rooted in his childhood. The move feels like protection, until he’s sent back to Chicago, straight into everything he tried to outrun.
What he’s asked to do when he returns changes everything.
A deeper betrayal is waiting. One that pulls him into a web of corruption, where the lines between justice and survival blur beyond recognition.
He slips back into the role he’s mastered—surreptitious, strategic, untouchable. A man who’s spent years turning pain into control and shutting the world out.
Until Aniella Fasquelle.
She’s ambitious, kind, and unprepared for the shadows she’s about to step into. She notices the fractures he swore didn’t exist.
And then there’s Eli, a boy from the shelter, full of questions Roman’s been avoiding.
Both could shatter the control that’s kept him alive. One through love, the other through truth.
Tense, addictive, and quietly explosive, Desire & Protection is a gripping debut about trauma, dangerous desire, and the unraveling of a man who thought he could never be seen—and the cost of letting someone in.
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