Six-Cent Lie

Six cents shouldn't be enough to expose a conspiracy. But Claire Bennett knows numbers lie only when people make them.

Forensic accountant Claire Bennett thought she was uncovering fraud inside one of the country's most respected disaster-relief foundations. Then the colleague helping her died, millions of stolen dollars were traced to her credentials, and the evidence she copied disappeared.

Now someone wants Claire blamed for the entire scheme.

Her only lead takes her to Granite Hollow, Colorado, where a retired bookkeeper claims to possess proof that Claire was framed. But by the time Claire arrives, the woman is missing-and someone has already searched Claire's isolated rental cottage.

The man next door notices.

Ethan Cole is a former detective who lost his badge after accusing powerful people of corruption following a devastating wildfire. He recognizes immediately that Claire is hiding something. What Claire doesn't know is that Ethan already knows who she is-and believes her case may connect to the investigation that destroyed his career.

Neither of them trusts easily. Neither is telling the whole truth.

But as break-ins become threats and suspicious transactions lead to properties stolen from families after the wildfire, Claire and Ethan uncover a scheme far larger than simple embezzlement. Somewhere inside the numbers is a pattern so small almost everyone overlooked it.

Six cents.

And the people who built their power on that lie are willing to kill to keep anyone from understanding what it means.

The Six-Cent Lie is a tense, slow-burn romantic suspense novel featuring a brilliant forensic-accountant heroine, a guarded former detective, forced proximity, hidden identities, small-town secrets, dangerous corruption, strong chemistry, closed-door romance, and a guaranteed happily-ever-after.