One night. That’s all Detective Samantha Cross wanted.
One night to forget the rules.
One night to feel something other than pressure, guilt, and routine.
One night to do something reckless—just like her friends begged her to.
But the morning after brings more than regret.
She wakes up in a hotel room… and walks straight into the biggest case of her career:
The Governor’s daughter, murdered in the room next to hers.

And her number one suspect?
The same dangerously charming stranger she just slept with.
His name? Rowan Drake.
His profession? One of the country’s most elusive con artists.
His alibi? Her.
Samantha knows he didn’t do it. She was with him.
But if she admits that, she risks everything—her badge, her reputation, her career.
Now, trapped between duty and desire, she’s forced into an impossible alliance.
To clear his name, she’ll have to work side by side with the man who could ruin her.
And as the lies close in and the body count rises, one truth becomes dangerously clear:
The real killer is still out there…
And he’s watching them both.

One Night of Passion and Death 

Rowan's POV
The only person I have ever trusted was myself. Trust was a commodity I could never afford. It's not because I haven't tried. It's because I have learned not to.
I knew how much it costs to trust, just as I knew the cost of betrayal. I have been abandoned by family, and I have watched f...

The One Night Stand

The Stranger

The Body

Interrogating The Stranger

Getting The Lawyer

Warden Karo

The CCTV Footages

Isn't That You

Another Interrogation With Him

Stand In Alibi 

Governor Rosewood's Threat

Beaten At My Own Game

Another Man In The Room

The Lady In The Red Dress

I will Fix This

The Governor Wants You 

You Have One Week

I Am The Lady

I  Am Sorry

An Intruder

I am sorry for This

This Isn't The Last Time 

Another Dead End

He Came Again

She Cries Again

She Is Gone