num_pages: 317
description: Ground zero noun: the center or origin of rapid intense or violent activity or change. Heat humidity and homicide are things veteran detective Sawyer Key expects to encounter on his first day with the Savannah Police Department but the hostile reception from his new partner catches him by surprise. Sawyer isnt a stranger to heartache and recognizes that Royce Locke is a wounded man whos reeling from a devastating loss. Relentless and patient in all things Sawyer is determined to make the new partnership work. Savannah Georgia is known for her quirky people oak trees draped in Spanish moss and antebellum architecture. Beneath the Southern charm and hospitality festering hatred and violence is soaring with the summer temperatures. Locke and Key find themselves at the epicenter when their first case involves the death of a former shock jock who appears to be the victim of vigilante justice. Opposites in nearly every way the two detectives set aside their differences to take back their city and restore law and order. From this reluctant truce an intense attraction grows that will either tighten or shatter their tenuous bond. Falling for his partner spells inevitable disaster but Sawyers always been a sucker for wounded things. Sawyer could be the key to the life Royce has always wanted if hes brave enough to trust him. The fuse is lit the clock is running and the zero hour is upon them. Tick tock. Ground Zero is the first book in the Zero Hour series which follows Locke and Keys investigations and evolving relationship. Ground Zero has a happy-for-now ending with no cliffhanger. It contains mature language and sexual content intended for adults 18 and older. 
language: English
title: Ground Zero
publisher: Chasing Rainbows Press LLC