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Snowbound secrets, shifter wars, family lies, and epic battles — September delivers it all.

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Some promises cost you the one you love.

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The Temple of Kronos wants her dead. The Stoneslayer wants her destroyed. Neither will have her.

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A poisoned cousin, a five-year-old's life, and a family with too many secrets.

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Betrayal runs in her blood. Justice runs in his. Together, they burn it all down.

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"ANOTHER WINNER!"
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Bestselling Cleo Coyle

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Running from her past, she finds a killer, a protector, and her faith.

Phoenix Burning by Isabella Maldonado

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Also by Isabella Maldonado:

Exit Wound, July 2026
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Phoenix Burning, March 2026
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Death Blow, March 2026
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Blood's Echo, March 2026
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The Grave Artist, September 2025
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A Killer's Code, February 2025
Trade Paperback / e-Book
Fatal Intrusion, September 2024
Trade Paperback / e-Book
A Forgotten Kill, April 2024
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A Killer's Game, June 2023
Trade Paperback / e-Book
A Different Dawn, August 2021
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The Cipher, November 2020
Trade Size / e-Book
Death Blow, March 2019
e-Book
Phoenix Burning, March 2018
Paperback / e-Book
Blood's Echo, March 2017
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PHOENIX BURNING
By: Isabella Maldonado

The battle between Veranda Cruz and the Villalobos cartel turns Phoenix into a war zone

Veranda Cruz Mystery #2
Midnight Ink
March 2018
On Sale: March 8, 2018
ISBN: 0738751022
EAN: 9780738751023
Kindle: B071P639VW
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Suspense | Thriller

Homicide Detective Veranda Cruz will stop at nothing to take down the Villalobos cartel. But when a wave of violence in the city escalates, she fears that the secrets of her past will take her down instead.

Adolfo Villalobos is a crime boss who's determined to stake his claim. To prove that he's ready to run his family's sprawling criminal empire, he devises a plan to silence his siblings and destroy Veranda, leaving a trail of destruction through downtown Phoenix that makes national headlines. Veranda believes the task force she's been assigned to lead will end the cartel's reign of terror, until Adolfo's revenge takes a cruel―and highly personal―twist.

Veranda Cruz Mystery

Blood's Echo
BLOOD'S ECHO
#1.0 • March 2017
Phoenix Burning
PHOENIX BURNING
#2.0 • March 2018
Death Blow
DEATH BLOW
#3.0 • March 2026

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