I like my new life and job as a university professor, teaching criminal justice to the next generation of law enforcement minds. It's fulfilling. Better yet, no more media spotlight. This pleases my partner and Dom, Ben.
We're settled. Happy. In love.

Cole, what's wrong?
My brother's middle-of-the-night call is jarring. Cole's panicked terror yanks us right back into that pressurized world of criminals and countdowns. His wife, my best friend and former work partner, is in grave danger.

It's Myah.
Detective Myah Hayes's nebulous, inky past has snatched her. With Ben's and Cole's help, I will find her. But a detective-turned-professor's resources are a flimsy trail leading to Chicago, a rogue CSI, and hints of her backstory.

She's missing.
In Chicago, nothing is as it seems.... The cops are dirty and backstabbing. The pimps are moral and protective. And snakes wear respectable business suits.

We face humanity's worst, and the trap has snared more than Myah.

Can we find her before there's nothing left to save?

Content warning: The Power Exchange series contains themes of dark violence, including sexual assault, homophobia, kidnapping, human trafficking, child abuse, addiction, psychological manipulation, narcissism, and other disturbing themes. Reader discretion STRONGLY advised.