In this steamy, intriguing novel of suspense, attractive young punk DEA agent, martial artist, and grunge musician Laurel ‘Blue’ Humboldt must unravel not only the deadly secrets of an international drug cartel, but also the unusual love triangle in which she finds herself. Does she care more for lovely Chinese American detective Martha Yee, or handsome millionaire John Connor? Caught in this unusual love triangle, she can't think too long, because the cartel's ruthless assassin is closing in. Not only that, but death comes knocking—or, more precisely, slashing—among her closest friends when the Colombian drug cartel learns she is on to them. Which is right off the bat, as she witnesses an important Federal witness being assassinated on a Manhattan street, and the killer memorizes Blue’s face. Her love life becomes a case of the irresistible force--movie-star handsome, millionaire importer John Conner--meeting the immoveable object--Blue. But there’s another variable in this equation: gorgeous Chinese-American detective Martha Yee, San Diego P.D. Both Connor and Yee develop a passion for Blue. Laurel ‘Blue’ Humboldt is a dark-haired, pale, blue-eyed young beauty with a DEA badge and a love life that’s a mess. She’s good with a 9 mm Glock, black belt in karate, and slightly on the punk side. In fact, Blue played keyboards in a rock band, and wants to make a different kind of music as her case takes her from coast to coast—Connecticut and Chicago in winter, and California in its eternal, coastal summer. Blue likes to keep the important and scary parts of her life locked away in various compartments. Now she has to follow the trail of her instincts to the master key that will unlock her heart and open it to the true love of her life—if she can outfox and outrun the shadowy killer who is playing several sides against each other in a funhouse of mirrors and corruption where no holds are barred.