TOXIC TRUTHS · BOOK 2
Midnight Masquerade — Autographed Paperback
To stop a deadly trafficking ring, they must wear the mask of a couple in love—but the danger is real.
3 in stock
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Seventy-two hours. One auction. No extraction plan.
A romantic suspense of a slow-burn partnership tested from the Black Sea to a Philadelphia ballroom.
CIA operative Dante Reyes has strict orders at the Turkish port: gather intelligence on the trafficking ring, do not intervene, and do not blow his six-month cover. Then the shipping container doors screech open. His former SEAL brother’s kidnapped sister stares at him through the darkness, and every order he was given means nothing.
He fails in his attempt to save her and carries the weight of that failure back to Virginia where his handlers ground him, reassign him to a domestic task force, and hand him the one case that puts him face to face with the woman he never stopped thinking about.
HSI analyst Lisa Harper has been following dirty money for weeks. Wire transfers. Shell companies. A charity called Liberation Trust connected to a polished anti-trafficking nonprofit hosting an annual masquerade gala in seven days. Every lead she pulls confirms the same ugly truth: the people profiting from human trafficking are hiding behind the cause of stopping it. And someone inside her investigation is leaking every move her task force makes.
When Lisa goes undercover on the dating apps the network uses to recruit victims, she walks deeper into the trap than anyone planned. Dante is the only backup she trusted enough to call. What they discover beneath the chandeliers of a Philadelphia ballroom will demand everything they have—including the faith neither of them is sure they can afford.
Dante carries his failures in a prayer journal and leans on scripture for strength. Lisa carries hers alone, because the last man she trusted with her faith used it against her family. Between them runs a mission that will cost everything, and a question neither can keep running from.
Midnight Masquerade delivers:
- Globe-spanning action from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean to Philadelphia
- A slow-burn enemies-to-partners romance that earns every heartbeat
- A faith journey grounded in real pain and hard-won grace
- High-stakes human trafficking investigation with ripped-from-headlines tension
- Christian romantic suspense that never preaches and never pulls its punches
Fans of Lynette Eason, DiAnn Mills, Irene Hannon, and Dee Henderson will find a new favorite in Elle E. Kay. Midnight Masquerade is for readers who want their romance dangerous, their faith tested, and their endings hard-won.
This is a brand new paperback, autographed by the author Elle E. Kay, signed by the author at the time of order.
Want an unsigned copy? Get the regular paperback. Prefer digital? Get the ebook on Amazon.
Tropes
Second Chance, Forced Proximity, Undercover Couple, Ticking Clock, Workplace Romance, Rescue Mission, Christian Romantic Suspense
Tone
Suspenseful, Intense, Inspirational, High-stakes, Action-packed
Setting
Trabzon, Turkey, Washington D.C., and Philadelphia, PA; Late October
Comparable Titles
Blind Spot by Dani Pettrey, Active Defense by Lynette Eason, Critical Threat by Lynette Eason
Main Characters
Dante Reyes
MMC
Lisa Harper
MFC
Michael Davidson
Antagonist
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Description
Seventy-two hours. One auction. No extraction plan.
A romantic suspense of a slow-burn partnership tested from the Black Sea to a Philadelphia ballroom.
CIA operative Dante Reyes has strict orders at the Turkish port: gather intelligence on the trafficking ring, do not intervene, and do not blow his six-month cover. Then the shipping container doors screech open. His former SEAL brother’s kidnapped sister stares at him through the darkness, and every order he was given means nothing.
He fails in his attempt to save her and carries the weight of that failure back to Virginia where his handlers ground him, reassign him to a domestic task force, and hand him the one case that puts him face to face with the woman he never stopped thinking about.
HSI analyst Lisa Harper has been following dirty money for weeks. Wire transfers. Shell companies. A charity called Liberation Trust connected to a polished anti-trafficking nonprofit hosting an annual masquerade gala in seven days. Every lead she pulls confirms the same ugly truth: the people profiting from human trafficking are hiding behind the cause of stopping it. And someone inside her investigation is leaking every move her task force makes.
When Lisa goes undercover on the dating apps the network uses to recruit victims, she walks deeper into the trap than anyone planned. Dante is the only backup she trusted enough to call. What they discover beneath the chandeliers of a Philadelphia ballroom will demand everything they have—including the faith neither of them is sure they can afford.
Dante carries his failures in a prayer journal and leans on scripture for strength. Lisa carries hers alone, because the last man she trusted with her faith used it against her family. Between them runs a mission that will cost everything, and a question neither can keep running from.
Midnight Masquerade delivers:
- Globe-spanning action from the Black Sea to the Mediterranean to Philadelphia
- A slow-burn enemies-to-partners romance that earns every heartbeat
- A faith journey grounded in real pain and hard-won grace
- High-stakes human trafficking investigation with ripped-from-headlines tension
- Christian romantic suspense that never preaches and never pulls its punches
Fans of Lynette Eason, DiAnn Mills, Irene Hannon, and Dee Henderson will find a new favorite in Elle E. Kay. Midnight Masquerade is for readers who want their romance dangerous, their faith tested, and their endings hard-won.
This is a brand new paperback, autographed by the author Elle E. Kay, signed by the author at the time of order.
Want an unsigned copy? Get the regular paperback. Prefer digital? Get the ebook on Amazon.
Additional information
| Weight | 0.374 kg |
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Director’s Commentary
This Christian romantic suspense shifts from international intrigue to domestic terror, forcing two agents to confront their spiritual differences while posing as a couple. The story contrasts the glitter of a high-society masquerade with the grit of a human trafficking investigation, culminating in a tense bomb disposal sequence. Readers will appreciate the dynamic between Dante, a man of faith, and Lisa, who is rediscovering hers amidst the chaos.