Watch Your Back

Baltimore Homicide Detective Stevie Mazzetti has already lost more than anyone should, yet she keeps fighting. When she hears that her former partner may have helped send the wrong person to prison, she sets out to reopen the old case and correct the mistake, even after she realizes that doing so has made her a target.

Clay Maynard, a former Marine, makes his living by spotting risk, and the danger closing in on Stevie is easy for him to see. He has wanted to shield her from the moment they met, and his feelings deepened into love soon afterward. When a vicious psychopath fixes on her, Clay is ready to do whatever it takes to keep her alive.

The cold case has stirred up a killer who is more dangerous than before. He has everything to lose and a terrifying secret to protect, and Clay must stay a step ahead of him. Watch Your Back is part of Karen Rose's Baltimore series, and it pairs a tense hunt for a murderer with a love story that grows alongside the threat.