Sinful Surrender

SINFUL SURRENDER A MAYET JUSTICE BOOK EMILIA FINN Copyright © 2023 Emilia Finn All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write to the publisher, addressed “Attention: Permissions Coordinator,” at the address below: [email protected] ISBN: 978-1-922623-28-7 (Paperback) Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Names, characters, and places are products of the author’s imagination. Front cover photography by: Eric McKinney Front cover models: Jon S and Nadica S Cover design: Amy Queue - Q Design Editing: Bird’s Eye Editing First printing edition 2023. Beelieve Publishing, Pty Ltd PO Box 407, Woy Woy, NSW, 2256 Australia www.emiliafinn.com EMILIA FINN, the ROLLERS logo, the CHECKMATE SECURITY logo, STACKED DECK logo, and INAMORATA are all trade marks of Beelieve Publishing, Pty Ltd CONTENTS Also by EMILIA FINN Looking To Connect? Author’s Note Minka Archer Minka Archer Minka Archer Fletch Minka Archer Minka Archer Minka Archer Minka Archer Minka Archer Fletch Archer Minka Archer Archer Epilogue Also by EMILIA FINN ALSO BY EMILIA FINN (in reading order) The Rollin On Series Finding Home Finding Victory Finding Forever Finding Peace Finding Redemption Finding Hope The Survivor Series Because of You Surviving You Without You Rewriting You Always You Take A Chance On Me The Checkmate Series Pawns In The Bishop’s Game Till The Sun Dies Castling The Rook Playing For Keeps Rise Of The King Sacrifice The Knight Winner Takes All Checkmate Stacked Deck - Rollin On Next Gen Wildcard Reshuffle Game of Hearts Full House No Limits Bluff Seven Card Stud Crazy Eights Eleusis Dynamite Busted Gilded Knights (Rosa Brothers) Redeeming The Rose Chasing Fire Animal Instincts Pure Chemistry Battle Scars Safe Haven Inamorata The Fiera Princess The Fiera Ruins The Fiera Reign Mayet Justice Sinful Justice Sinful Deed Sinful Truth Sinful Desire Sinful Deceit Sinful Chaos Sinful Promise Sinful Surrender Sinful Fantasy Lost Boys MISTAKE REGRET Crash & Burn Jump Rollin On Novellas (Do not read before finishing the Rollin On Series) Begin Again – A Short Story Written in the Stars – A Short Story Full Circle – A Short Story Worth Fighting For – A Bobby & Kit Novella LOOKING TO CONNECT? Website Facebook Newsletter Email The Crew Did you know you can get a FREE book? Go to emiliafinn.com/signup to get your free copy sent direct to your inbox. AUTHOR’S NOTE Sinful Surrender is intended for an 18+ audience and contains graphic scenes that may be disturbing to some readers. MINKA Tiffany Hewitt, Copeland City’s primetime news anchor, stands on City Hall’s front steps and reports on a killer of killers. The vigilante. A nameless, faceless murderer of murderers. The citizens of Copeland live with an odd phenomenon: the brutal reality that they have a killer on their streets. But there’s no panic. No fear. And most surprising of all, no demands to bring the vigilante to justice. Because up to this point, the only ‘victims’ are monsters who’ve hurt others. It’s two thousand and twenty-two, and sure, most of society has gone to shit. Social media has made us all stupid, and technology hasn’t helped the way our ancestors probably hoped. But no matter how crooked things have become—politics, religion, war, famine—it all steps to the side, allowing society to stand united in the hope that a man who rapes and murders an innocent child will get his comeuppance. That’s where the vigilante comes in, providing a beacon of hope among a faulty judicial system. A shining light in a dark world of prejudice. To many, the vigilante is a hero. But right now, Tiffany Hewitt stirs her cauldron of drama, fishing for ratings, while Mayor Lawrence stalks out of the building behind her in a perfect three-piece suit, his face hard with anger. “Mayor!” Tiffany is petite and beautiful, and Lawrence, according to my second-in-charge, is a hot daddy who can do no wrong. They make an odd sight, with her chasing him the way a chihuahua might chase a bulldog. “Mayor Lawrence! We would like a statement on Laramie Fentone’s death. Do you have anything to say?” Justin Lawrence has salt and pepper hair, and a little scruff on his jaw. Objectively, I guess I can see why Aubree holds a candle for the man easily twice our age. He’s broad across the shoulders, and wears a suit like he was born in one. And he’s a good mayor. Truly, he is. An improvement on the one who came before him. The vigilante killed that guy too. It was me. I’m the vigilante. “For fuck’s sake.” Archer reaches across the bar—his brother’s bar—and snags the TV remote to change the channel to something less… incriminating. “Turn that shit off. Jesus.” Tossing the remote down, he looks at me and tilts his head to study my eyes. He’s my husband. My rockhopper penguin. A homicide detective who knows what his wife is. It’s been a thorn in our marriage, of course. A point of contention. What, with the fact he’s supposed to arrest my ass for the crimes I’ve committed. But love does strange things to a person. “I wish she’d shut the fuck up.” Grumbling, Archer turns on his stool so his legs hug mine, and his aftershave fills my lungs. He wears stubble on his jaw, too; has since before I met him. So when he leans in to nuzzle my neck and whisper in my ear, I feel the coarse slide of hair on my flesh. “She’s stirring things up,” he murmurs. To everyone else, we look like a couple of lovers making out. In reality, we’re a cop and a killer, discussing our latest homicide and hoping no one overhears us. “It’s her job.” I