Victor Shaw follows money the way other people follow instinct. The former FBI forensic accountant was pushed out for being "difficult"—for refusing to bury a fraud case that implicated a senator. Now he traces financial crimes for a covert unit, and his latest investigation has led him to Blossom Springs, where shell companies and false charities hide something far more sinister.
Claire Donovan hasn't legally existed for five years. When she stumbled onto the wrong financial records, the syndicate didn't kill her—they erased her. Her identity destroyed, her records wiped, her existence reduced to cash jobs and borrowed names. She's been a ghost ever since, surviving on the margins and following a thread that might finally prove she was real.
That thread leads to the same place Victor is hunting. He deals in documentation and proof. She exists without either. Trusting her means operating on faith, not evidence—something Victor has never learned to do.
But Claire's years as a ghost have made her the perfect witness to crimes no one else survived. Her forensic skills match Victor's obsession with detail. And the syndicate that erased her is about to discover that some things can't be buried forever.
Restoring her identity means exposing them both. In a world of hidden accounts, the most valuable thing might be the truth.
USA Today Best Selling Author, PJ Fiala, has independently published multiple romance novels over the years. Focusing primarily on romantic suspense, she weaves a little bit of reality with a little bit of make-believe to create stories with heat, heart and all the feels. PJ lives in the Green Bay, Wisconsin area but travels to destinations unknown via motorcycle. Spending time with her grandmother Ruth, in Kentucky has helped to mold PJ into a person who enjoys life on the farm as well as life in the burbs. But it was romance novels that took her to places she’d only dreamed of and solidified her love of all things romance and swoony. Her family keeps her feet on the ground when her mind travels too far from home, delivering both a reality check and a nudge to keep it real.