Title: I KNEW YOU WERE TROUBLE
GENRE: ROMANCE/ MYSTERY-THRILLER

Synopsis:

 One notorious client.

One cranky bodyguard.

One brutal criminal.

And thirty days of pretense.

Maia Reyes has been out of hope for the last seven years. Ever since the accident, all she does is get up in the morning, work, visit her comatose mother, and cry herself to sleep. But when she receives a rather startling job offer at Cyberville Gaming Studios, little does she know her life's about to do a complete one-eighty.

Being hired as a bodyguard for thirty days isn't the worst she's had, minus the tiny fake dating clause in her contract that is determined to ruin her life. And when your client/play-pretend-boyfriend is none other than Elijah Lee — the hazel-eyed heir apparent to the CEO throne, who reeks of adventure and trouble — it's a recipe for disaster.

Forced into a false relationship for a month, Maia must control herself from suffocating this ass-of-a-human in his sleep. But what happens when the guy Maia hates with an incinerating passion, wants her help in solving the mystery behind his family's past? And what happens when she spirals into their web of deadly secrets and discovers her own role in their nasty tale of lies, love and betrayals?

First 150 words:

Screeches echo first; the obnoxious stench of blood comes in second, the bloodied bodies are rolled in soon after. I see as chaos erupts around me. No, this isn't a war zone. Hasn't been one for centuries now, thankfully. And I certainly am no warrior. But wars and bus accidents have, at the very least, one thing in common.

Casualties.

And on a fine-ish Saturday afternoon, I watch as the patients are brought in from a distance. If grim reapers exist, they are certainly overworking today.

I have witnessed countless calamities in the seven years I have been visiting this hospital. If you go asking for a twenty-something brunette with a bouquet of pink tulips in her hand, they'd all point to me and say out loud, "That's Maia Reyes and you should probably stay away from her." I prefer that description of myself too. 

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What should the readers expect from this book?

A thrilling ride with morally gray characters, deadly lies, dirty secrets, shocking betrayals and to tip it off, some epic enemies-to-lovers/slow burn romance! This book will be a good fit for readers who enjoy a good mystery with plot twists and cliffhangers to keep you on the edge of your seat at all times.