The morning of the accident, between three and four a.m. THE CITY was hers for a single hour, just the one magic hour, only hers. As the body count rises, Pike’s biggest threat might come from the girl herself, a lost soul in the City of Angels, determined to destroy herself unless Joe Pike can teach her the value of life.and love.

With the help of private investigator Elvis Cole, Pike uncovers a web of lies and betrayals, and the stunning revelation that even the cops are not who they seem. Taking matters into his own hands, Joe drops off the gird with Larkin and follows his own survival rules: strike fast, hit hard, hunt down the hunters. Pike commits to protecting the girl, but it becomes clear someone in their circle is selling them out. He’s an ex-cop, ex-Marine, ex-mercenary who owes a bad man a favor, and that favor is to keep the uncontrollable Larkin alive. Pike lives a world away from the palaces of Beverly Hills. And when the US Marshals and the finest security money can buy can’t protect her, Larkin’s wealthy family turns to the one man money can't buy―Joe Pike. But in doing so she becomes the target for a relentless team of killers. Then suddenly she sees another car’s metal-on-metal explosion of a terrible accident and, dazed, finds herself the single witness in a secret federal investigation.įor maybe the first time in her life, Larkin wants to do the right thing.

Young and staggeringly rich, she speeds through the city during its loneliest hours, blowing through red after red in her Aston Martin as if running for her life. Larkin Conner Barkley lives like the City of Angels is hers for the taking. When Joe Pike is charged with safeguarding a wealthy heiress, he discovers protecting the sole witness to a crime is nothing compared to protecting an LA party girl from her own self-destruction… At last, the enigmatic partner of Elvis Cole ( The Two Minute Rule) takes center stage in this pulse-racing thriller.

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