
Genre:
Thriller
Themes:
Adventure / Survival
Against All Odds
Danger / In Peril / On the Run
Forced Proximity / Stranded Together
Hiking / Mountain Climbing / Outdoor Sport
Long Distance Relationship
Love Triangle
Mystery / Suspense
Quest / Treasure Hunt
Saving the World
Second Chance
Supernatural Elements
Heat Level:
Hot & Steamy (full, graphic description of sexual acts occurs and may include crude language)
Archetypes:
Doctor / Nurse / EMT / Midwife
Law Enforcement
Sorcerer / Wizard / Alchemist
Spy / Assassin
Geographic Location:
United Kingdom: Scotland
United States: Mid-Atlantic
United States: Midwest
Setting:
Small Town / Rural
Underwater
Wilderness / Outback
Sexual / Gender Identity:
Lesbian
Lady Hawthorne
Lesfic Bard Award
The San Francisco Mystery Series, Book 7
By Alexi Venice
A steamy spy thriller. A love triangle. Forced proximity with an ex-lover. Temptation. A kiss of fantasy. Redemption. HEA.
Fallout from Dr. Jen Dawson’s sexcapade with Victoria Marshall results in a bloody gash to Tommy Vietti’s head. Dr. Jen and Amanda Hawthorne take Tommy to the hospital where his wound is repaired with staples, but their relationship remains frayed. While there, the three bruised friends are recruited to pick up the pieces from a bioterrorist attack. Dr. Jen volunteers to treat patients in the Emergency Room while Tommy and Amanda join forces with Agent Roxy MacNeil to investigate.
On their dangerous international mission, Amanda summons her inner strength to avoid falling into old habits as she learns earth-shattering revelations about her Scottish ancestry. Titillated by Amanda’s discovery, Roxy pulls Tommy and Amanda deeper into the tangled web of her manipulative, duplicitous world.
Dr. Jen works day and night treating victims of the mass attack, including someone once very special to her. She desperately misses her daughter, Kristin, but makes a new friend in Nurse Denni Russo.
Tommy feels like he’s walking on shifting sands as he transitions from a city detective to an international agent, relying on his gut instincts, drinking abilities, and shooting skills. Roxy, Tommy, and Amanda might be outgunned and outnumbered on foreign soil, but they’ll never be outsmarted as they attempt to save humanity.
Will Jen and Amanda’s promise to let bygones be bygones withstand distance, temptations, and life-threatening circumstances?
Winner of the 2022 Lesfic Bard Awards in Action & Adventure and Mystery!