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The One Who Walked Away


A Romance Novel


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Romantic Suspense,
  • Small Town,
  • Single Dad,
  • Murder Investigation
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  • Romantic suspense with bounty hunters under suspicion
  • Characters haunted by past trauma and forced to confront it
  • Small town murder investigations with complicated leads
Publisher Description

A thrilling new tale of romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Karen Rose.

Bounty hunter Elle Randolph takes on every case she can, in an effort to outrun herself. Three years ago, she was the only one who walked away from a car crash that killed her husband and two others. Although she was cleared of any wrongdoing, she is fueled by guilt and dedicated to solving other people’s problems. But her running is over when she’s identified as a person of interest in a murder investigation.

Detective Ronan Clarke, a single dad for fifteen years, has been laser-focused on raising his daughter and serving the people of Mendocino County, California. He’s got everything under control—until a bounty hunter enters his jurisdiction, keeping secrets and bringing murder to his quiet town. The hunter is definitely involved in his current case, but exactly how is his question. Could she be his killer? As he unravels her secrets, he becomes increasingly troubled by what he finds.

While Elle is forced to reexamine every painful memory of the life she left behind, Ronan grows more and more sure of her innocence. But can he trust himself to uncover the truth amid their growing attraction?

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