Blood & Books

She devours romance novels. Now she's living one-with a killer on her trail.

Roni Vales has her life exactly where she wants it: a window seat at Kaffi Fikka, a stack of books from the Arcana Cabana, and absolutely zero drama. Skalanes-with its Nordic-tinged coffee shops, tight-knit reading community, and a beloved bookstore at the heart of it all-is exactly the kind of city where nothing dangerous is supposed to happen.

Then she stumbles across a body.

Detective Bjorn "Bear" Thorn has been tr...