Strike and Burn - by Taylor Hutton (Paperback)

About the Book

"Honor Stone is all alone in this world. No family, no money, no future. So when she locks eyes with Strike Madden- in the morgue of all places- she's not in the mood to be seduced. Sure, he's drop-dead gorgeous, and the sizzle of attraction between them is undeniable, but she's reeling from her identical twin sister's murder. It's the wrong time, wrong place, wrong everything. Still, the enigmatic billionaire hires Honor as an artist to spearhead his carefully curated erotic animation studio - a job they soon find to be a dangerous mix of business and pleasure. But when her twin's obsessive killer targets Honor, the painful secrets of Honor's traumatic past will finally be exposed with devastating consequences. Strike will stop at nothing to protect her, uncovering his own bone-chilling demons- a beautifully broken, dark side that doesn't scare Honor... It consumes her"--

Book Synopsis

A breathless dark romance that doesn't just toe the line between danger and desire--it burns it to the ground.

Honor Stone is all alone in this world. No family, no money, no future. So when she locks eyes with Strike Madden--in the morgue of all places--she's not in the mood to be seduced. Sure, he's drop-dead gorgeous, and the sizzle of attraction between them is undeniable, but she's reeling from her identical twin sister's murder. It's the wrong time, wrong place, wrong everything.

Still, the enigmatic billionaire hires Honor as an artist to spearhead his carefully curated erotic animation studio--a job they soon find to be a dangerous mix of business and pleasure.

But when her twin's obsessive killer targets Honor, the painful secrets of Honor's traumatic past will finally be exposed with devastating consequences. Strike will stop at nothing to protect her, uncovering his own bone-chilling demons--a beautifully broken, dark side that doesn't scare Honor...

It consumes her.

Review Quotes

Praise for Strike and Burn

"This is a hot, sexy, mysterious novel with lots of twists, hot sex and romance. This is one you do not want to miss out on."--Red Carpet Crash

"Hutton's burning-hot sex scenes torch the pages, and the hallmark of the best dark romances emerges from the smoke: morally ambiguous characters whom readers will root for despite their deep flaws and violent tendencies. Strike and Burn is a can't-look-away read."--BookPage

"Hutton's multilayered characters captivate, particularly Strike, whose drive to deliver justice for Honor will please fans of alpha male heroes...[T]he thrilling plot keeps the pages turning."--Publishers Weekly

About the Author

Taylor Hutton is the pseudonym of a pair of writer friends, one of whom has twice been a finalist for the National Book Award and the other who is a New York Times bestselling author and Edgar Award finalist. Between the two of them, they have written over forty books. When they are not passing their latest sexy thriller back and forth on Google Doc, they are browsing bookstores, sending each other ridiculous memes, walking their dogs Trudy and Potato around their Los Angeles neighborhood, and making their children cringe with their TikTok videos.