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Killing Sarai

by J.A. Redmerski · In the Company of Killers #1

2013 · 268 pages

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💬 Mentioned in 10+ Reddit threads

📖 33k+ readers on Goodreads

📚 Book 1 of a completed 2-book series

About this book

Sarai has spent nine years trapped in a drug lord's compound, her teenage dreams of escape nearly forgotten—until a dangerous assassin arrives and becomes her unexpected ticket to freedom. Victor is hardened by a lifetime of violence, but something shifts when he helps Sarai run; suddenly, keeping her alive matters more than anything else, even his own survival. As they navigate the deadly world hunting them both, an intense and unlikely connection builds between two people who've only ever known darkness, forcing Victor to question everything he's willing to sacrifice for her. This is a gripping, high-stakes romance about finding humanity in the most broken places and discovering that love can be the most dangerous weapon of all.

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