<p class="ql-align-justify"><strong><em>From the minute I ran, I knew my life was over.</em></strong></p><p></p><p><u>Emily</u></p><p>I left my family and everything I knew.</p><p>Hid myself away where no one would find me.</p><p>I thought I was safe. Untraceable.</p><p></p><p>I was wrong.</p><p></p><p>Now, there's only one thing I can do if I want to stay alive.</p><p><em>Run</em>.</p><p></p><p><u>Tamir</u></p><p class="ql-align-justify">I like to think I help balance the scales of good and evil, one payday at a time. </p><p class="ql-align-justify">No messy red tape. </p><p class="ql-align-justify">No long, drawn out legal proceedings. </p><p class="ql-align-justify">Just me, my mark, and a mountain of sins.</p><p></p><p>Some might ask who I was to play judge and jury about another man's worth. </p><p>I would say, piss off. No one asked you.</p><p></p><p>Most of my targets are just another day's work, but her? She's different.</p><p class="ql-align-justify">I feel an unrelenting need to lay my eyes on all of her coveted secrets. </p><p class="ql-align-justify">To learn the extent of her corruption and see how it compares to my own.</p><p></p><p>She thinks she can escape me.</p><p>I'll never let her go.</p><p></p><p></p><p><u>What to know about </u><strong><u>Where Loyalties Lie</u></strong><u>:</u></p><p>-Vigilante assassin</p><p>-Secret identity</p><p>-On the run together</p><p>-Forced proximity</p><p>-Has an HEA</p><p>-Can be read as a standalone</p><p>-Dual POV</p><p>-Content warnings listed on my website</p><p class="ql-align-justify"></p><p><u>A Note from the Author</u>: For those of you who are new to me, I write what I'd call "mafia lite." My heroes are hardened criminals with soft spots for their heroines. There may be violence and cruelty in my books, but never between the main characters. Enjoy!</p>