Dethroned - Darker Places, #3

I Followed him. Watched him. Stalked him.  As a detective, it was my job. Jake Cryson was the best lead I had to getting information on the trafficking ring I'd been trying to bring down for the past year. He was the key. I could feel it in my bones.  But I got caught...... And now he has me.  My name is Detective Laila Ashby, and this is only the beginning of my story.  Dethroned is the third book in the interconnected standalone series Darker Places.
It is part one of Jake and Laila's story and DOES end on a CLIFFHANGER. The story picks back up in Demolished. Although helpful, It is not essential to have read the prior books in the series. This book is a dark romance, and thus contains dark subject matter. Reader discretion is advised.