Book 3: The Third DeceptionBefore Blackwood. Before Hayes. There was the beginning. Ten years ago, Alira Sinclair's older sister Sierra was a brilliant doctoral student with a future that could change lives. Then her trusted advisor drugged her, assaulted her, and beat her until her skull fractured. Sierra survived but the woman she'd been did not. Three years later, Alira's younger sister Cassie was murdered while investigating a predatory coach who'd been destroying young athletes for decades. Her death was ruled a suicide. The case was closed. Another monster walked free. Two sisters destroyed. Two predators protected by institutions designed to shield powerful men. And one woman who decided the system had failed for the last time. The Third Deception reveals Alira's origin her years mastering martial arts, her education in toxicology and natural poisons, and her first two kills. This is the story of how grief and rage transformed an ordinary woman into something unprecedented: a methodical hunter of predators who slip through every net society provides. Some monsters create the very thing that destroys them. --------Book 4: The Fourth GambitMarcus Sterling built his fitness empire on the insecurities of wealthy women. His client list reads like a society directory. His predatory pattern has destroyed dozens of lives. And he's never faced a single consequence until now. But Sterling is different from Alira's previous targets. Younger. Stronger. Physically dangerous in ways that demand a new approach. Then Detective Marcus Hale's daughter becomes Sterling's latest victim. Emily Hale lies in a coma, unable to testify against her attacker. The case is suspended. Sterling's lawyers have already buried the evidence. And a father who spent his career upholding the law discovers that justice and legality aren't always the same thing. When Hale's investigation crosses paths with Alira's mission, an impossible alliance forms. A detective who knows what she is. A vigilante who offers what the system cannot. And a predator who has no idea that the two people hunting him have decided to work together. The Fourth Gambit escalates the stakes with Alira's most physical confrontation yet and a partnership that will change everything. The hunt becomes personal. The lines blur. And nothing will ever be the same.
