She's his partner. She's his friend.
And now she's his alibi.
Heath Colton is on the verge of taking his company to the next level...but when a double homicide shatters his world, he doesn't know where to turn. VP Kylie Givens's desire to safeguard him leaves him with no choice; he agrees to go along with a faux romance. But Heath's feelings for Kylie are more real than he's ready to admit, and now they're both in a killer's crosshairs...
Good book. The second book in the series picks up where the first book, The Secret Network, left off. Heath Colton, CEO of Colton Connections, is about to celebrate a pending patent via a phone call with his VP and good friend, Kylie. Their call is interrupted when the police arrive to inform Heath of the double murders of his father and uncle and their request that he identify the bodies. Kylie overhears it all and is terrified for Heath. She remembers as a child seeing her mother taken away in handcuffs and believes her mother was unjustly accused. Kylie doesn't want the same thing happening to Heath. Unable to do anything else, she waits for him at his apartment to give him her support.
Heath arrives back at his apartment, shattered by what he saw. The last thing he wants is company, but Kylie won't leave. She's there when Detective Parker arrives to question Heath. She sees the direction of the detective's questioning - he suspects Heath of the murders - and jumps in to claim that Heath was with her, even though he wasn't. Heath goes along with her because he doesn't want her in trouble, but he can tell Parker is suspicious. Now Heath and Kylie are stuck pretending to be a couple.
The relationship between Heath and Kylie is close, but one of friends. They spend a lot of time together, to the point where Heath's former girlfriend was so jealous he ended up breaking up with her. Heath is attracted to Kylie, but she firmly puts him in the friend zone, so there he stayed. However, now that they are supposedly a couple, Heath finds it hard to rein in that attraction. It also turns out that Kylie felt the same but didn't want to chance ruining their friendship. I loved seeing how Heath's family, while surprised by the fact they came out as a couple, all found it believable. It was sweet to see how Heath and Kylie took care of each other, especially when dealing with the elder Coltons' deaths. The biggest problem was that as Heath started showing his feelings more, Kylie feared believing they were real. It took a near-death experience for her to accept the truth and embrace the future.
The suspense of the story was good, too. The question of the day is, "Who killed Earnest and Albert Colton, and why?" The lead detective questions all family members, and it's pretty clear that Heath is his top suspect. Heath and Kylie are beyond frustrated with what they see as Parker's tunnel vision and decide their best option is to do some investigating on their own. They no sooner make that decision when someone tries to run them down. Matters become more complicated when one of the company attorneys sics the cops on Kylie because of her mother and tries to convince Heath that he's in over his head with the company, rousing Heath's suspicions. As Heath and Kylie investigate the questions raised, the attacks on them escalate. Are the attacks related to their investigation, or is there something else going on? The ending had several twists that kept me glued to the pages until finished. The book ends with some questions answered and others growing more complicated. I can't wait for the next book.
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