num_pages: 262
description: When high stakes security fraud leads to murder, one woman flees for her life while another risks her heart to protect her.Leigh Grove is an upwardly mobile whiz kid in a high-profile investment company. When she discovers something may be amiss, her perfect life starts to unravel. Conn Stryker not only runs a forensic software company, she does a bit of work for a government agency on the side. She has arranged her life the way she designs her complete control and no surprises. When Leigh stumbles into Conn's latest investigation, Conn's first instinct is to walk away from their growing attraction. But when violence and murder are added to the mix, it's a race against time to save the woman who has staked a claim on her heart.
language: English
title: First Instinct
titlecomplete: First Instinct
genres: LGBT, Lesbian Romance, Lesbian, Mystery, Fiction, Lesbian Fiction, Crime
ratings_count: 241
series: Stryker & Grove
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Golden Crown Literary Award
category: Lesbian Mystery
publisher: Bold Strokes Books