Ashton Ayres

Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but his wife’s murder has left him too damaged to receive it.

Lani McCall is a successful social media chef on the verge of getting her own TV show. Needing someone to help care for her young son, she hires a handsome male nanny named Morgan Washington. Lani starts catching feelings for Morgan, but little does she know, he’s a twisted and emotionally-stunted “boy” who’ll stop at nothing to get the family he never had.

A Black community leader, who has it all, sees his life spiral out of control within hours after his brother goes missing, he’s blackmailed by a strange woman, and a murder tests how far he will go to protect the ones he loves.