title: Periphery
author: Moore, M. Elaine
description: Detective Chris Avery has made a career out of saving his partner Aubri Payton. And he’s nearly destroyed that career. Twice he’s rescued her from abduction by a vengeful crime family at the expense of his own reputation with the L.A.P.D. Twice he’s helped her pick up the pieces of her life while his fell apart one bad decision at a time. Now his future in law enforcement is more uncertain than ever. When Chris is called back undercover as his most despised alias, he’s dragged into a world he never imagined and forced to become the monster he’s spent his whole life trying to destroy. He had planned on going in, getting what he needed, and getting out. Going back to Aubri and picking up where they left off. But somewhere along the way, he detoured straight into hell. What he finds there, what he’s forced to become, off the grid and losing himself to the alias, might just cost him everything. Will there be anything of Chris Avery left for Aubri when it’s over? Or will it ever really be over at all?