A badge made him powerful. A cruel bet made her his target. Falling in love could cost him everything.
Officer Kendric Rowe has spent years taking bribes, burying evidence, and protecting the criminals who keep Ravenhurst under their control. He has money, influence, and one strict rule—never allow anyone close enough to question the man behind the badge.
Then Shannen Townsen publicly humiliates him.
The fearless youth-center director despises crooked officers, and Kendric represents everything she fights against. When his fellow officers wager that he cannot make Shannen fall in love with him within thirty days, Kendric accepts the challenge.
Getting close to her should be a game.
Instead, Shannen forces Kendric to confront the lives his corruption has destroyed. Their heated arguments become dangerous attraction, and the woman he planned to betray becomes the first person he cannot bear to lose.
When Shannen discovers the wager, his criminal secrets, and his connection to the officers responsible for her father’s death, love becomes another wound.
Now a teenager’s life is in danger, and Kendric must decide whether to protect the badge that made him powerful or sacrifice his freedom to expose the men who own him.
The Bet Behind the Badge is an emotional hate-to-love urban romantic suspense novella filled with betrayal, dangerous secrets, a morally gray hero, hard-earned redemption, and a love that demands accountability.
