Detective reich torcell lives with ghosts. ever since the night his partner was gunned down in a cold, quiet alley, he's been chasing shadows and bleeding guilt. when he's forced to team up with a new detective, he expects tension-but not attraction. not her.detective diana rivera came to escape her past, not to inherit someone else's nightmare. but reich's demons are now hers too-especially when a series of grotesque murders begins to unravel, each more sadistic than the last. victims displayed like art. messages carved in flesh. and one brutal promise aimed directly at diana.the killer knows things he shouldn't. he's been watching. waiting. hunting.as diana and reich are pulled deeper into the case, they find themselves tangled not only in the killer's twisted web, but in something neither of them expected-an intense, undeniable heat that threatens to burn through the walls they've both built.but in this city, love is a liability. and when the killer sets his sights on what reich can't afford to lose, survival will mean choosing between justice, revenge... and each other.because some nightmares don't end when you open your eyes.they begin.