Deceiving Bella

What if protecting the woman you love means lying to her every day?Isabella Colby has always yearned for normalcy. Now that she's settled in LA, she finally has it. Good friends, a pretty home, and her thriving career as the Palisades' top skincare specialist are a dream come true. Bella is content until she meets her hunky new neighbor, but her attraction to the blue-eyed cutie is the least of her worries when contacting her long-lost father threatens to destroy her happy life.Reed McKinley is more than ready to forget the past. His seven-year stint as an NYPD detective nearly got him killed. His wounds have healed, and he's starting over as Ethan Cooke Security's latest recruit. With sixty-hour workweeks and little time to himself, the last thing on his mind is a relationship. Then he bumps into the gorgeous woman next door.Reed and Bella become fast friends. Before long, Reed discovers that Bella is keeping dangerous secrets. Bella may have the answers to decades-old questions he's been searching for. Reed will risk it all to uncover the truth, but he soon realizes that the deeper he digs, the direr the consequences. Cate Beauman is the multi-award-winning, international bestselling author of The Bodyguardsof L.A. County series and the Carter Island Novels. She is known for her full-length, action-packed romantic suspense and contemporary stories.Cate's novels have been named Readers' Favorite Five Star books and have won the Booksellers' Best Award, Maggie Award for Excellence, the Holt Medallion Award, two-time Aspen Gold Medal, two-time Readers' Favorite International Gold Medal, three-time Readers' Favorite International Silver Medal, and the Readers' Crown Award.Cate makes her home in New Hampshire with her family and their St. Bernards, Bear and Jack.Subscribe to Cate's monthly newsletter and receive Morgan's Hunter for FREE! Subscribe here: http://www.catebeauman.com/getmyfreebooksCate can be reached at www.catebeauman.com/books and www.facebook.com/CateBeaumanAuthor.You can follow Cate on Instagram at www.instagram.com/realcatebeauman/