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Eve Dallas is a New York police lieutenant hunting for a ruthless killer. In over ten years on the force, shes seen it alland knows that her survival depends on her instincts. And shes going against every warning telling her not to get involved with Roarke, an Irish billionaireand suspect in Eves murder investigation. But passion and seduction have rules of their own, and its up to Eve to take a chance in the arms of a man she knows nothing aboutexcept the addictive hunger of needing his touch.

In a time when technology can reveal the darkest of secrets, theres only one place to hide a crime of passionin the heart. The first victim was found lying on a sidewalk in the rain. The second was murdered in her own apartment building. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas had no problem finding connections between the two crimes. Both victims were beautiful and highly successful women. Their glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with men of great power and wealth provided Eve with a long list of suspectsincluding her own lover, Roarke. As a woman, Eve was compelled to trust the man who shared her bed. But as a cop, it was her job to follow every leadto investigate every scandalous rumorto explore every secret passion, no matter how dark. Or how dangerous.

She was one of the most sought after women in the world. A top model who would stop at nothing to get what she wantedeven another womans man. And now she was dead, the victim of a brutal murder. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas put her professional life on the line to take the case when suspicion fell on her best friend, the other woman in the fatal love triangle. Beneath the faade of glamour, Eve found that the world of high fashion thrived on an all-consuming obsession for youth and fame. One that led from the runway to the dark underworld of New York City where drugs could be found to fulfill any desirefor a price.

They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in commonand no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious. And her instincts paid off when autopsies revealed small burns on the brains of the victims. Was it a genetic abnormality or a high-tech method of murder? Eves investigation turned to the provocative world of virtual reality gameswhere the same techniques used to create joy and desire could also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction.

Conducting a top secret investigation into the death of a fellow police officer has Lieutenant Eve Dallas treading on dangerous ground. She must put professional ethics before personal loyalties. But when a dead body is placed outside her home, Eve takes the warning personally. With her husband, Roarke, watching her every move, Eve is drawn into the most dangerous case of her career. Every step she takes makes her question her own sense of right and wrongand brings her closer to a confrontation with humanitys most seductive form of evil.