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Lilah Love (28)—dark-brown hair, brown eyes, curvy figure An FBI profiler working in Los Angeles, she grew up in the Haically in a plane crash, which caused Lilah to leave law school prematurely and eventually pursue a career in law enforcement Lilah’s father is the mayor in East Hampton; her brother is the Haainst her father’s wishes She was brutally attacked one night, and Kane caht created a secret between the two they can never share with anyone else This eventually causes Lilah to leave and take the job in LA, away from her family, Kane, and that secret

Kane Mendez (32)—brown hair, dark-brown eyes, leanly ht to be the leader of the cartel that his father left behind when he was killed But Kane claiitimate side of the business Lilah’s ex froht of her attack and shares that secret with her

Director Murphy (50s)—gray hair, perfectly groomed Former military Lilah’s boss The head of the LA branch of the FBI Sent Lilah to the Hamptons to follow the assassin case

Rich Moore—blond surfer-dude looks, blue eyes Works with Lilah He and Lilah were sleeping together until Rich wanted more and Lilah called it off

Jeff “Tic Tac” Landers—Lilah’s go-to tech guy at the FBI

Grant Love (57)—blue eyes, graying hair Lilah’s father, the mayor, and retired police chief of East Harooovernor

Andrew Love (34)—blond hair, blue eyes Lilah’s brother and the East Hampton police chief Andrew is protective and seems to be the perfect brother The proble as macho and as bossy as their father There’s more to Andrew than meets the eye

Lucas Davenport—tall, looks like a preppy version of Tarzan A very successful and good-looking invest in his spare time He is a cousin of sorts to Lilah and Andrew His father was the stepbrother to Lilah’s father His father was also known to be with Lilah’s ht they both disappeared in the plane crash He flirtsas they’re not blood-related, but she always shoots him down

Greg Harrison—Lilah’s old partner from the New York Police Department Currently in a lot of hot water with Internal Affairs over an incident thatHe was partnered with Nelson Moser prior to being put on leave by IA pending further investigation but has been working independent security with Moser in the meantime

Nelson Moser—a lowlife police detective who offended Lilah on nueles She is not very fond of hi about him is that he’s a dirty cop

Laura Love—Lilah’s o in a horrific plane crash She infa performance Muchissue throughout the series

Ted Pocher—billionaire CEO of the world’s fifth-largest privately held conglo to Lilah’s father in hopes of furthering her father’s political career He tried to do business with Kane and Mendez Enterprises but was turned down because of his rep for shady business deals

Beth Smith—blonde, tall, thin The new medical examiner in Suffolk County Lilah’s friend fro one of the assassin murder cases

Lori Williae of the first cri shortly after and is connected to the Umbrella Man case When we left off, she was in the alleyith Lilah, Jay, and the Umbrella Man

Ralph Redman—Williams’ boyfriend, criminal attorney He killed himself while in court A victim of Umbrella Man

Jay—Kane’s man sent to watch over Lilah Was shot in the final scene of Love Me Dead

Thomas Miller (30s)—redhead froation

Sally (50s)—gruff, wild brown curls, works at the station

Lily (25)—petite, brunette, research girl

Chief Houston (30s)—Lilah knows hi with her on the Umbrella Man case They butt heads, but they’re amiable

Kit—tall, brooding, fit Mexican uard for Kane’s apartment

Melanie Car with the case while Beth is overseas

DEAR READERS

Love Kills picks up right where Love Me Dead left off Lilah Love, our resident bad-mouthed FBI profiler is in a faceoff with the U havoc in New York, killing wo ways There’s parts of this case that just can’t be ignored are pointedly for Lilah herself This is no ordinary serial killer, but when has Lilah ever attracted an or

dinary serial killer?

This case first opens up with Lilah’s current boss, Director Murphy, calling Lilah to inforer Griffin asked for her assistance on three murders But when Lilah turns up at the current case, she soon learns Roger never called for her, he’s not even involved in the case, which is singular, not triplicate, but this case is too gruesoo So, soon, Lilah has taken jurisdiction, over not just the one victim, but another who died in her arms Both of poisoned Both with pristine ho umbrellas forced in their hands And now, loved ones of theirs are dead too The local detective on the case, Lori Williaoesanother wrinkle in this case, which worsens when her boyfriend kills himself in court A mark of the serial killer, which is to force the loved ones to kill themselves

While Lilah is navigating her first case back in New York City, she’s also navigating her relationship with the infae, and his family’s cartel involvement They’re the worst match on paper, but in the real world they’reLilah why she does what she does for a living, Kane is re her back into the hoht where she left them But Lilah and Kane aren’t the roses and unicorn type of couple No, a uncle who runs the cartel, Kane has assigned one of his men to closely watch over Lilahanywhere, despite her best efforts to threaten hiresses, he proves hiain

Eventually, Kane and Lilah end up at a high-society event in “support” of her father (as ive that man), to make a statement, that they’re back and a force to be reckoned with But soon, this even leads right back to Lilah’s case with a dead pigan appearance which relates back to the ’s blood found at the first cri up, Kane has to leave, and Lilah is left trying to figure out which way is up and which was is doith this case Does it relate to her? Is this just some sick and twisted individual? But the scene at her father’s event, the victims’ likeness to her old friend, Beth Smith, as also mysteriously called to the first crime scene as the medical examiner, and then subsequently shipped off to Europe because of said likeness to the victiht with Lilah

So she sets off to do what she was trying to avoid, she sits doith her old er, who has input hih it how they used to But on the tail end of that brainstor session, when Lilah is on her way hoain And so he does In an alleyway, she’s at a standoff with Umbrella Man, a victiin to fly, Jay leaps in front of her to save her and gets shot, and she’s noalking toward the figure she believes is the killer and all the answers right along with him…

CHAPTER ONE

It’s as if time stands still

Jay, Kane’s idea of the bodyguard that I don’t need, is now lying on the ground bleeding out, while I’ that I’ that this person in front ofan u that this is, in fact, the U that I’un in my hand and shoot the fucker, with the intent to kill him, and do so with a smile on my face

I’et, the person and that uh the alleyway, the origination source impossible to pinpoint

“Get down, Lilah!” Jay shouts, and I consider the very real possibility that the Umbrella Man is behindhim kill people, and that sick fuck is now behind me In which case, Jay is all but dead, and the woman in front ofshe needs my help

I launch ain, another crack breaks through the stiff rain-laden air, seeht in front of me I can feel the ht atto scare me

I don’t stop ives him what he wants I react I brace for iive a fuck Clearly, that’s changed, and I knohy—Kane fucking Mendez I fucking want to live for Kane I don’t want to leave this earth because of thatme a scared little bitch I hate scared little bitches Another crack sounds, and this ti fro rooftops, when suddenly, the person in front of round

Fuck

Fuck

Fuck

That’s not the Umbrella Man