Handcuffs Between Us

From the back cover

When Fiona is arrested, the officer who snaps the cold steel around her wrists is Austin, her former lover and now the precinct's Chief. He keeps his expression detached and his grip unyielding, treating her like any other suspect. In the interrogation room, she confirms that the man she filed a complaint against, Victor, is her husband, and the question of her complicity hangs in the air.

The investigation clears her, and Victor, facing charges of tax evasion, human trafficking and racketeering, flees before the city can be locked down. Austin, meanwhile, has moved on with Lily, a twenty-year-old student who brings him lunch and wears his ring. Fiona tries to rebuild her life, but every encounter with the pair drags up a shared past that began with rivalry and ended in love.

When Lily hands Fiona Austin's old leather-bound journal, asking about a girl whose name begins with F, Austin arrives to reclaim it and throws it into a basin of water. Fiona insists they all must move on, though the ruined book and his burning gaze tell another story.