Cruel Consequences is now live!

I am so excited to announce that Cruel Consequences is now available on all retailers! This book is full of everything and it’ll keep you on the edge of your seat until the very end. You can expect:

🖤 Angst 💙 Cold case

🖤 Dark vibes 💙 Forced proximity

🖤 Opposites attract 💙 Protective hero

🖤 Psychological thriller 💙 Romantic suspense

You can grab your copy from any retailer listed below!

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Blurb

Some consequences can be so…cruel.

Working cold cases never bothered Detective Wyatt Stromberg—until one unimaginably brutal murder that haunts his dreams. Finding closure for the victim’s sister Briella becomes an obsession. She’s equally tormented by guilt that she failed her sister and is determined to ensure the killer faces justice.

As they grow dangerously close to the truth, and each other, the killer resurfaces, and he has his sights on Briella. Why now? Why allow a year to pass first? It doesn’t matter—Wyatt vows to protect Briella no matter what. But the killer’s sinister game of cat-and-mouse lurks around every corner, testing Wyatt’s limits.

To save Briella, Wyatt must walk a tightrope between breaking protocol and breaking the law. With lives on the line, can he toe that precarious line before the killer checkmates them all?

With harrowing twists and turns, this gripping thriller will leave romantic suspense fans on the edge of their seats. Don’t miss the next intense book in the Consequences series!

What readers are saying…

“I love reading romantic suspense books by Amanda Siegrist because she always gives me just the right amount of mystery and danger to go along with a guaranteed happily ever after!!”  

~ Lisa – Goodreads Review ★★★★★

“The build-up of Wyatt and Briella’s relationship, amidst danger surrounding them, is skillfully crafted with slow-building tension, angst, romance, and suspense.”

~ Suzana – Goodreads Review ★★★★★

“With Stromy by her side, they make an incredible team. I love how they both feel something from the start. Stromy gives Briella the time to grieve for her sister before moving forward. I also enjoyed the Killer’s POV, giving insight into the motives of the killer.” 

~ Lulu Bro – Goodreads Review ★★★★★

“Wyatt & Briella bring us down dark & despair which was heartbreaking. The stubbornness of Wyatt & his love most definitely was a hard push needed. You enjoy the banter that the men have developed & love that their ladies have a bond. Dark & enjoyable for sure.” 

~ Bec – Goodreads Review ★★★★

Excerpt

But if one read between the lines, he was stalling. He was scared of one tiny woman who could send his heart into a crazy erratic mess with one glance his way.

They didn’t make it back to the precinct until six o’clock.

He breathed a sigh of relief when he didn’t see Briella sitting on the steps to the front door of the precinct. It wouldn’t be the first time he’d caught her there.

Tate didn’t say anything other than chuckle low under his breath.

He let out another sigh of relief when he didn’t notice her sitting in the lobby waiting for him to arrive. When it was cold out, she sat in there sometimes as well.

When they walked into the large room where most of their desks were set up, he almost released his third sigh of relief. Until the chair in front of his desk swiveled around and the one woman who haunted his nightly dreams pinned him with a desolate stare.

All the air rushed out of his lungs.

Wow.

He was an asshole. No doubt about it. He’d been cruel staying away from the precinct all day knowing she’d show up. Instead of getting this inevitable meeting out of the way, he tried his hardest to avoid her.

The sad, melancholy expression in her amber-colored eyes had him feeling like the lowest cad on earth.

Tate wasn’t one to mind his own business, so he did what he always did when they returned. He sat down at his desk. But he had the decency to not make eye contact with her and started to input their latest interviews into the computer.

“Where’ve you been?” Briella moved the chair back and forth as if she were getting ready to do a full three-hundred-sixty-degree twirl.

His brows puckered low as he processed how to respond. His typical response would be to throw back a condescending retort. Because that’s what they did. They fought like two lions trying to mark the territory as theirs. Even when he didn’t want to act that way with her. She brought it out of him so easily. He also sensed she didn’t want to be coddled by anyone, least of all him. So he dished it right back.

“Honestly, avoiding you.” Then he averted his gaze to the floor, shocked he even uttered that. He should’ve gone with his typical arrogant response instead.

His chair made the short squeaky sound it always made when he stood up.

He never considered himself a coward, and he wouldn’t start now. He met her gaze when she invaded his personal space, getting so close, he was tempted to close the distance and kiss her. Wipe away her painful memories and fill her day with something other than death and despair. But that would put him in the disrespectful and disgusting category. He wasn’t that much of an asshole. Only a semi-one.

“I’m hard on you, I know.” She nodded as if she needed to agree with herself. Water gathered in her eyes. “I know you’ve been doing your best. I want answers.”

God, he ached for those same answers. He wanted to give her the peace she so desperately prayed for.

“One of these days, I will give you those answers. I promise.”

Her gorgeous amber eyes bore into his as if she could see to his very soul. “Are you supposed to make such promises? You’ve never done that before.”

His hand ached to reach up and brush her black hair behind her ear, then make a quick sweep across her lips with a tender kiss.

Shake it loose. You can’t cross the line, no matter how much you want to. 

Even the three little words he said all the time to Tate simply to annoy him didn’t stop the impulse. His hand lifted and caressed her cheek before drifting back down by his side. Her eyes widened at the contact. Yeah, he didn’t know why he did it either. Shocked the hell out of him too.

He leaned closer so no one else—not even Tate—could hear him.

“For you, Briella, I would do anything to see you smile, to take the pain away, to erase the torment in your beautiful eyes. I shouldn’t promise anything. But you have my word, I will solve your sister’s case.”

(Copyright © 2024 Amanda Siegrist)

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Much ℒℴѵℯ ♡ Amanda Siegrist