Knife and Lantern

Marisol Vane cleans up after other people's worst nights. She's good at it. She knows how blood dries on grout, how long a smell stays, and exactly how many men in this city know her schedule. Three, as it turns out. Elias closes the cases. Bram erases the paper. Kit arrives before the ambulance does. They've each been guarding a piece of her for years, and none of them told the others. When a man she bagged and tagged turns up alive and buying groceries, Marisol stops being protected and starts being a problem. The contractor who's been running bodies through her site records wants her quiet. Her three guardians want her out of the city. She wants the ledger. Knife and Lantern is a dark stalker reverse harem romance about three men who mistake possession for protection — and one woman who makes them prove the difference.