Kiki Swinson

Gone without a trace... Once the most cunning luxury-car thief in the game, Ava Frost gladly gave it all up to become the wife of a successful Norfolk, Virginia, businessman, and raise their two children in better circumstances than she ever knew. But when the children are abducted - and held for a two-million-dollar ransom - Ava is stunned to discover her husband''s bad deals have drained their fortune. Determined, she pursues her best, and toughest, option: Her ex-boyfriend, the mastermind behind the South''s biggest car theft ring, offers her a chance to gain the money. But nothing ever comes for free, and Nick has a small request... Racing against the clock... Soon Ava is targeting one-of-a-kind cars that must be stolen within impossibly short timeframes. The excitement of the hunt and Ava''s vulnerability is reigniting dangerous heat between her and Nick - just as she''s finding out her husband''s betrayal runs deeper and more hurtful than she ever expected... Running out of time... Now with one heist gone very wrong and the police closing in, Ava''s down to her final chance to keep her bargain with Nick. But with hidden agendas and secret obsessions in play, will even her most skilled moves succeed in bringing her children home - or destroy everything she''s fighting to save?

She was once the best luxury car thief in the game. But Ava Frost paid a high price when her children were stolen. Forced to confront her ruthless ex-boss, Nick, she uncovered his devious silent partner in the kidnapping: her seemingly loving, seemingly wealthy husband, Kevin. Now Ava is making a new life with her children several states away from her former suburban life. She''s also struggling to help her young son heal from their traumatic ordeal. So, when her soon-to-be ex-husband pressures her to return his part of the ransom, Ava pushes back... hard. Along with a secret life insurance policy Kevin took out on her, Ava soon realizes she''s worth way more to him dead than alive. And when she learns he''s set Nick''s vengeful sister and her murderous gangster husband on her trail, she must go up against an overwhelming enemy who will never stop hunting her - or her kids... Fighting may be your last move... Now with the odds against her and time running out, Ava must marshal all her resources and formidable skills to defend everything she''s fought to save. But when one last dangerous twist causes her plans to irrevocably crash-and-burn, she''ll battle tooth and claw to put her pursuers on the run - straight into a trap so treacherous even she may have no chance to survive.

Kill your secrets... Volunteer Virginia Beach firefighter Alayna Curry used to pride herself on saving lives. But now, determined to conceal her part in an arson-for-insurance scam gone bad, she''s using her skills to have the scheme''s leader, Tim - her ex-lover - shot dead, claiming it was a robbery. She''s carefully set him up to be the ultimate fall guy. And she''s ruthlessly aiming to silence more witnesses - which will also get her beloved brother Alonzo out of prison... Conceal your lies... Until Alayna has to desperately defend herself against Tim''s vengeful wife and his other grieving side piece''s very public accusations, all while fighting to stay steps ahead of the fellow firefighters she betrayed - and the husband she''s long past fallen out of love with... Watch your back... With a determined FBI agent and the police pulling apart her story - and her lies - bit by bit, Alayna recklessly plays her most dangerous trump card to free Alonzo and clear her name for good. But will one body too many be the catalyst that finally blows her chances of escape, and survival, to pieces?