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CHARACTERS

Lilah Love (28)—dark-brown hair, brown eyes, curvy figure An FBI profiler working in Los Angeles, she grew up in the Haically in a plane crash, which caused Lilah to leave law school prematurely and eventually pursue a career in law enforcement Lilah’s father is the mayor in East Hampton; her brother is the Haainst her father’s wishes She was brutally attacked one night, and Kane caht created a secret between the two they can never share with anyone else This eventually causes Lilah to leave and take the job in LA, away from her family, Kane, and that secret

Kane Mendez (32)—brown hair, dark-brown eyes, leanly ht to be the leader of the cartel that his father left behind when he was killed But Kane claiitimate side of the business Lilah’s ex froht of her attack and shares that secret with her

Director Murphy (50s)—gray hair, perfectly groomed Former military Lilah’s boss The head of the LA branch of the FBI Sent Lilah to the Hamptons to follow the assassin case

Rich Moore—blond surfer-dude looks, blue eyes Works with Lilah He and Lilah were sleeping together until Rich wanted more and Lilah called it off

Jeff “Tic Tac” Landers—Lilah’s go-to tech guy at the FBI

Grant Love (57)—blue eyes, graying hair Lilah’s father, the mayor, and retired police chief of East Harooovernor

Andrew Love (34)—blond hair, blue eyes Lilah’s brother and the East Hampton police chief Andrew is protective and seems to be the perfect brother The proble as macho and as bossy as their father There’s more to Andrew than meets the eye

Alexandra Harris-Rivera (29)—brown hair, pretty Assistant District Attorney of Suffolk County; Lilah’s ex–best friend They didn’t go to school together but grew up hanging out on the local beaches with each other Lilah has her reasons for cutting off all communication with Alexandra, but she has yet to share them with her Alexandra is now married to Eddie Rivera

Eddie Rivera (30)—buzzed brown hair A detective who had a chip on his shoulder growing up He knows Lilah from their youth and was ever present at their family dinners around the tih so He had a thing for Lilah, but she was all about Kane His own father was an ass, and her dad has becoure to him He’s also married to Alexandra Harris, as Lilah’s best friend during her college years

Saeous A powerful socialite in the Hamptons She had a “relationship” of convenience with Kane prior to his dating Lilah, and they have struck it up again in the years since Lilah left the Ha Andrew Love, Lilah’s brother

Lucas Davenport—tall, looks like a preppy

version of Tarzan A very successful and good-looking invest in his spare time He is a cousin of sorts to Lilah and Andrew His father was the stepbrother to Lilah’s father His father was also known to be with Lilah’s ht they both disappeared in the plane crash He flirtsas they’re not blood related, but she always shoots him down

Greg Harrison—Lilah’s old partner from the New York Police Department Currently in a lot of hot water with Internal Affairs over an incident thatHe was partnered with Nelson Moser prior to being put on leave by IA pending further investigation but has been working independent security with Moser in the meantime

Nelson Moser—a lowlife police detective who offended Lilah on nueles She is not very fond of hi about him is that he’s a dirty cop

Laura Love—Lilah’s o in a horrific plane crash She infa performance Muchissue throughout the series

Ted Pocher—billionaire CEO of the world’s fifth-largest privately held conglo to Lilah’s father in hopes of furthering her father’s political career He tried to do business with Kane and Mendez Enterprises but was turned down because of his rep for shady business deals

Beth Smith—blonde, tall, thin New medical examiner in Suffolk County Lilah’s friend fro one of the assassin murder cases

DEAR READERS:

Thank you soup the next book in the Lilah Love series! If you haven’t read Book 1, Murder Notes, please don’t read any further! I’m about to recap Book 1, which will contain spoilers In Book 1, you ent, as she is called to a criets ready to dispatch to the scene, itness a quarrel between her and her bed partner, Rich Moore, who she works with at the FBI This is obviously an ongoing relationship, but Lilah is trying to put on the brakes once Rich yet again ether The relationship was never that serious for Lilah, and she wants to put space between the he deservesthey’ll talk about it later

Back to this murder case on the Santa Monica Pier that will set into motion the case that unfolds over the first two books in this series: a naked male body has been discovered on the beach, much like a crime scene Lilah and the locals worked two days prior But what is different is the tattoo on the body, which harkens Lilah back to her attack two years ago in the Hah that flashback we learn the attack was sinister and definitely had an i with the locals on this latest case, her boss, Director Murphy, shows up and tells her of a si , Murphy wants Lilah out there This is when she tells hi in what capacity