Reckoning at Dawn
(2027)(The eighth book in the Blackridge Detectives series)
A novel by J C Valentine
Ten years of silence. One night changes everything. Together they'll end it—or die trying.
Detective Knox Dalton has been in love with CSI Jade Chen for a decade. He's never told her—she doesn't date cops after her father's line-of-duty death destroyed her mother. They're best friends, perfect partners, until corrupt ex-cop Ray Shaw escapes prison with one goal: kill everyone who exposed him.
When Shaw starts eliminating witnesses and targeting the couples who brought him down, Knox and Jade are thrust into a deadly game. Working protection details, analyzing evidence, hunting a killer who knows exactly how they think—their carefully maintained boundaries shatter. One desperate kiss. One explosive night. Ten years of buried feelings finally unleashed.
But Shaw isn't just seeking revenge. He's orchestrated his final masterpiece: a trap designed to destroy everything they love. As the body count rises and Shaw closes in, Knox and Jade must risk everything—their hearts, their lives, their found family—to end his reign of terror forever.
Fans of Melinda Leigh, Rebecca Zanetti, and Julie Anne Lindsey will devour this explosive series finale!
One-click now for pulse-pounding suspense, sizzling romance, and the ultimate showdown between justice and vengeance!
Best friends to lovers. Ten years of unspoken feelings. A final battle for everything they've built.RECKONING AT DAWN is a scorching romantic suspense featuring a detective who's loved in silence, the CSI who won't risk her heart, and the found family that fights together to end a killer's vendetta once and for all.
The explosive finale of the Blackridge Detectives series—each book is a complete romance with HEA, and this book brings the overarching series arc to its triumphant conclusion. All eight couples appear. Contains open-door intimate scenes, suspenseful themes including violence and discussion of trauma, and an epic final showdown. For fans of romantic suspense who crave friends-to-lovers tension, ensemble casts, high-stakes action, and the ultimate victory of love over darkness.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Detective Knox Dalton has been in love with CSI Jade Chen for a decade. He's never told her—she doesn't date cops after her father's line-of-duty death destroyed her mother. They're best friends, perfect partners, until corrupt ex-cop Ray Shaw escapes prison with one goal: kill everyone who exposed him.
When Shaw starts eliminating witnesses and targeting the couples who brought him down, Knox and Jade are thrust into a deadly game. Working protection details, analyzing evidence, hunting a killer who knows exactly how they think—their carefully maintained boundaries shatter. One desperate kiss. One explosive night. Ten years of buried feelings finally unleashed.
But Shaw isn't just seeking revenge. He's orchestrated his final masterpiece: a trap designed to destroy everything they love. As the body count rises and Shaw closes in, Knox and Jade must risk everything—their hearts, their lives, their found family—to end his reign of terror forever.
Fans of Melinda Leigh, Rebecca Zanetti, and Julie Anne Lindsey will devour this explosive series finale!
One-click now for pulse-pounding suspense, sizzling romance, and the ultimate showdown between justice and vengeance!
Best friends to lovers. Ten years of unspoken feelings. A final battle for everything they've built.RECKONING AT DAWN is a scorching romantic suspense featuring a detective who's loved in silence, the CSI who won't risk her heart, and the found family that fights together to end a killer's vendetta once and for all.
The explosive finale of the Blackridge Detectives series—each book is a complete romance with HEA, and this book brings the overarching series arc to its triumphant conclusion. All eight couples appear. Contains open-door intimate scenes, suspenseful themes including violence and discussion of trauma, and an epic final showdown. For fans of romantic suspense who crave friends-to-lovers tension, ensemble casts, high-stakes action, and the ultimate victory of love over darkness.
Genre: Romantic Suspense