{"title":"Book Rec Friday","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"pure-killers-series-tregams-fractured-souls-by-eva-heart","title":"Pure Killers Series (Tregam's Fractured Souls) by Eva Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eAll books signed by Eva Heart \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook 1: Pure Killers \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePure Killers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the first installment in the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTregam’s Fractured Souls\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Trilogy—a dark, steamy romantic suspense where obsession, betrayal, and bloodlust collide.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEleanor once dreamed of a perfect life: a family, a home, a future.\u003cbr\u003eBut that dream shattered the night her husband was savagely murdered.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTwo years later, Eleanor has rebuilt herself, trading her grief for purpose. And she knows exactly who is to blame for destroying her life, because he’s active again, and she’s the detective on his case\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeedler needs to pay for his crimes against the city, and against her.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut the city doesn’t want Needler stopped. They call him a vigilante, targeting only the corrupt and wicked. They conveniently forget the innocent life he took—the one that still haunts Eleanor.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen a reckless midnight pursuit lands her in the path of danger, Needler finds her first. Eleanor escapes with her life, but something changes.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeedler has spared her, and now, she has his attention.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs the killer closes in, Eleanor is forced to confront the shadows of her city—and the chilling possibility that Needler might not be the monster she’s been chasing after all. He’s far more dangerous.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd he’s far too close.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBook 2: Sullied Saints\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWARNING\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, this blurb contains spoilers for book one of the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eTregam’s Fractured Souls Trilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e Pure Killers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Please read it first! \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSullied Saints\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is the second installment in this dark romantic thriller trilogy, continuing the story of bloodlust, revenge, and justice at any cost.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing the arrest of Needler, Tregam teeters on the brink of collapse. The city is demanding the release of the killer they believe is their best hope of finding Cocooner.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEleanor’s secrets are exposed after the fateful night which began with her fighting for her partner Dirk’s life, and ended with Needler arrested. Her affair with Needler—the very killer she’d been hunting—is now public knowledge, and the weight of the city’s anger has fallen squarely on her shoulders.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut with Cocooner amassing a twisted army of copycats, Eleanor is pulled back into the fray, tasked with interrogating Needler—the one man who might hold the key to stopping his sister’s reign of terror.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDirk survived Cocooner’s clutches, but at a cost. Haunted by his near-death experience and his inability to protect Eleanor or himself, he’s nearing his breaking point. 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