The Ace's Queen (New York Mysteries)

Detective Dahlia Grey has only one goal: keep moving forward after the coma that wiped her memory clean. But, that was seven years ago—buried in the past, right? When she's assigned the case of a chilling serial killer, Dahlia takes it in stride—until the evidence leads to one man: a magician known as the Ace of Hearts. A performer. A forgotten flame. One thing leads to another and they start an investigation which nobody outside the station except Ace knows about. Within a turn of events, she finds herself as his girlfriend. For pretend, of course. But as the bodies pile up, so do her questions. Was the magician's life as perfect as he looked? Or was there another figure she wanted to forget? All she knew was, the Ace of Hearts was starting to be the ace of her heart. Again. And maybe she was the queen of his... The deeper she digs, the more she realizes this case is personal— with way too many ties to herself. And so was Ace. Seven years ago, they shared something unforgettable. Now she has to find out: who were they then… and does the past always have to stay there?