71. Cold Blooded by Toni Anderson (RS, WM/WW, FBI/journalist).

When her BFF is killed, Pip won’t stop searching for answers even as it makes her a target.

CWs: SA of victims, murder, drugs, PT: Foster care, neglect, alcoholic parent, death of parents.

72. Cold & Deadly by Toni Anderson (RS, WM/WW, FBI negotiator/FBI rookie, age gap).

When her mentor is found dead everyone else dismisses it as a tragic accident or suicide but Ava refuses to let it go. Dom is the only one willing to pursuit and it almost costs them both their lives and careers.

73. A Ruse of Shadows by Sherry Thomas (Mystery with Rom, Victorian UK/France set) RESCUED from my book funk! intense and tension filled mystery, that is also a love letter to found families with a superbly swoony ending! CWs: murder, betrayal, lies, extortion, PT: abuse, coercion, SA.