Austere

The Devil's in the details.

Mercy

Forbidding. Severe. Prickly. As an Auditor for Concierge, Inc. I hunt the human monsters harvesting the people who live on the streets of our fair city. Bloodless, non-violent interrogation is my niche. I crack open minds and pull out secrets. I'm merciless.

When a colleague drops off a would-be car thief, thinking I will teach him a painful lesson, he is brash, uncooperative, and the first person to tease me from my treatment chair. To do this job, I need to keep my walls up, but he knocks them down. I need to keep my heart cold, but he sears me with warmth. He sees what no one else has. They think I feel nothing; I feel everything.

Isaac

I'm too old to get caught stealing a car. When the petty owner brings me to the Auditor's "studio" I sure as hell don't expect the cool beauty who captivates me with her stare. Her crew thinks she has ice in her veins, but I see what she conceals.

She claims to feel nothing, but she feels everything.

This book contains violence, explicit quality time, and a slow to warm heroine with sensory processing disorder. Themes of unapologetic criminality.