A love worth fighting for, in a game rigged to destroy.

She thought she escaped him.

But some monsters know how to follow you into the light.

After fleeing a toxic, manipulative relationship, scarred therapist Ava Morgan is desperate to rebuild her life. A new city. A new practice. A chance at peace. But when a homicide detective shows up at her door, investigating a string of chilling murders with eerily personal details... Ava realizes the past isn't done with her.

Detective Cole Bennett is no stranger to trauma?or regret. Haunted by a case he couldn't solve in time, he sees the same shadows in Ava's eyes. She's hiding something. He can feel it. But the deeper he digs, the more entangled their lives become?and the more dangerous it is to trust.

As a killer plays puppet master with their hearts and minds, desire clashes with suspicion, and every secret threatens to tear them apart. In a battle of wits against a predator who knows all their weaknesses, Ava must choose: stay silent and survive alone, or risk everything for a love that might finally set her free.

Darkly intimate and fiercely suspenseful, Shadows Between Our Hearts is a slow-burn romantic thriller about healing after betrayal, the price of vulnerability, and a love that refuses to be broken. Perfect for fans of Colleen Hoover's darker novels, Nora Roberts' suspense, and Lisa Gardner's psychological twists.