Book excerpt: FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLER ELLA JAMES, A STORY OF PAIN AND REDEMPTION... Gwenna White's new neighbor is...distracting. He's a beautiful, tattooed, motorcycle-driving enigma. One she can't allow herself to think about. Since the accident that ruined her face and stole her career, Gwen, a former model, lives under the radar, seldom leaving the bear sanctuary she runs in the Tennessee mountains. She's not reclusive, but that doesn't mean she's looking for a lover. Definitely not someone who looks like that. * Barrett Drake could use a friend: a tall order, since most of his are dead. His damaged hand may be the reason he's out of special ops, but it's not his only wound. Not by a long shot. All that's left between Bear and a new life is one last job. If he can hold on, get it done... He won't be here that long. Just long enough to ruin Gwen's life and make a speedy exit. That's the plan. But things don't always go as planned. You can't choose who you love. You can't fix fate. And that's the problem... *Murder is a standalone romance with a hint of mystery. It's the second in the Sinful Secrets Series, in which each book is inspired by a sin and centered on a huge secret. *The first Sinful Secrets novel, Sloth, is a USA Today bestseller and can be read free via Kindle Unlimited.