The Reason For It All
It’s Christmas Eve, and Dr. Diana Kenyon Rios is bracing for her first holiday without her husband. Six months ago, Valerio Rios was murdered. Or so she believed.
When a stranger arrives with cryptic words and a familiar energy, Diana is thrust into a shocking truth: Val is alive.
Gravely injured and hidden away in a small Mexican village, the man she thought she lost is fighting for his life. But his survival comes with another devastating revelation: Val has become part of a covert mission he cannot simply walk away from.
Val has chosen a path too dangerous to share with the woman he loves. Diana refuses to lose him again—but finding him doesn't mean she can bring him home.
From Chile’s glittering beaches to the remote islands of the Sea of Cortez, their reunion forces them to confront danger, betrayal, desire, and a question neither can avoid: Can Diana love the man Val has chosen to become?
To reclaim each other and the life they built, Diana and Val must uncover not just the truth, but the reason for it all.
Contains consensual power exchange, dominance/submission, and erotic spanking between adults, as well as intense themes common to romantic suspense, including violence, captivity, and trauma.
“This book is a great example of the kind of storytelling Jade Cary does so well—emotional, gripping, and hard to put down. These characters have become lifelong friends and I loved every minute I spent living in their world.”
— Verified Amazon Reviewer