Vow in Vain: Forbidden Forma

“You’ll be my shooting star.”

These words have echoed in my mind ever since I let her walk away, enduring the heartache of losing the woman I thought was my forever.

I had no choice but to immerse myself in work and distance myself from The Family as much as possible without facing exile.

The trade-off? I’m one of the top homicide detectives on the East Coast. Or I was...until a case strikes too close to home, leading me to Stevie, a cocktail waitress with a sharp tongue and a past that haunts her as much as mine.

From the outset, it’s clear she has a problem with me. However, we share a common goal: to bring down her ex, who is my primary suspect in the murder.

Gradually, our tension escalates into something perilous, and I can feel my emotional barriers crumbling.

Mistakes, missteps, betrayals, and lies seem to engulf my once straightforward life, with all signs pointing to the one woman who refuses to leave my thoughts.