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This steamy legal ⚖️ thriller includes:

💥 a 9k+ mile air & road trip from hell 💥

💥 enemies to lovers 💥

💥 only one bed (x3!) 💥

💥 Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency archaeologist 💥

💥 a North Korean firing squad 💥

Kirkus Reviews called it “An exhilarating read that could easily be a blockbuster on the screen."

And she thought facing a firing squad was bad…

When archaeologist Mara Garrett traveled to North Korea to retrieve the remains of GIs lost in combat, she never imagined she’d be arrested, convicted of spying, and sentenced to death. Her only hope is Curt Dominick, a powerful and ambitious US attorney who has his own reasons for wanting Mara back on US soil.

What starts off as a rescue mission morphs into a race across the Pacific. Someone is after Mara, and they’ll risk everything to stop her from reaching Washington, DC. Curt and Mara have little reason to trust each other and every reason to resist the heat that flares between them. Still, desire clashes with loyalty when they uncover a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government.


What is on your Summer Bingo Reading Card?

It's hard to believe it's almost Labor Day! If you are scrambling to finish The SmartBitches Summer Romance Bingo, I have a book that checks several boxes. Technically, you can use a book only once, but if you are trying to fill in one of these specific boxes, look no further than DON'T LOOK BACK.

  • Steamy romance
  • Road Trip or Travel
  • Stargazing or Fireworks Display
  • 2024 Summer Release
  • The Latest Book in a Series
  • Scene on a Boat or by a Body of Water
  • Only One Bed

And, if you haven’t read me before, you can add:

  • New to You author

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“Gritty, complex, hot, romantic thriller from a master storyteller!” - New York Times bestselling author Toni Anderson

Dive into a hot summer read as you travel to Malta with an art historian who is determined to find the truth her father has been hiding for decades.

Sometimes history is better left buried…

Six months after barely escaping a nightmare, Kira Hanson is ready to take the trip of a lifetime—one she hopes will answer questions about her father’s clandestine work recovering art stolen during World War II. But before she boards her flight, she’s waylaid by a friend in need and finally comes face-to-face with the Navy SEAL who saved her six months ago and then ghosted her.

Lieutenant Commander Randall Fallon is thrilled to cross paths with the shy art historian, but within minutes of their reunion he learns she’s in danger once again. Uneasy with the idea of her embarking on a trip to track down art thieves on her own, he just might have to reprise his role as undercover bodyguard and follow her to Europe posing as an art buyer.

Things heat up between Kira and Rand when he tracks her down in Malta, but it soon becomes clear that Rand’s instincts were correct: Kira’s digging into her father’s secrets has unearthed an unexpected enemy.


I'm off to Scotland in a little more than a week!

I'm so thrilled be an attending author at RARE Edinburgh! Even more thrilled that I will be signing books at a table right next to bestie Toni Anderson! If you are attending RARE be sure to stop by my table to get some fun swag, including rain ponchos for heading ⛈️ INTO THE STORM ⛈️ and sunblock to prevent burns when reading 🔥 DON'T LOOK BACK 🔥

Narrator Greg Tremblay will also be at RARE - be sure to stop by his table too!

After RARE is over I will share a newsletter contest so readers everywhere will have a chance to win ponchos and sunblock. You have to be a subscriber to win. Look for it in late September!


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Thank you for all the kind emails after I shared I had covid earlier this month! I received too many to respond to (especially while still feeling lousy) but I read them all and they meant so much to me! I'm better now except for the lingering cough and am busy prepping for Scotland while drafting the final book in the Evidence series and getting new print covers for the series uploaded. Here is a sneak peek at the print cover for CONCRETE EVIDENCE, which should be available at Amazon later this week.

If you haven't read CONCRETE EVIDENCE yet, now is a great time to dive in because book 12 is a direct sequel to this book - yes, I'm finally writing JT & Alexandra's story!

She wants revenge. He wants her.

Blackballed from underwater archaeology after accusations of artifact trafficking, Erica Kesling has a new job and a new life on the other side of the country and is working to clear her name. She's closing in on her goal when she's distracted by a sexy, charismatic intern who makes her want something other than revenge.

But Lee Scott is no intern. He's looking for the lead conspirator in an international artifact smuggling scheme, and Erica is his prime suspect. He'll do whatever it takes to win her trust and get her to reveal her secrets, even seduce her.

Pre-order JT & Alexandra's story:

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Happy reading!

Author Rachel Grant

USA Today bestselling romantic thriller author and former archaeologist.

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