Mine: A Butch/Femme Sapphic Romantic Suspense (Bound By Belonging: Book 1)

Detective Elena Vance has spent her career putting bad guys behind bars, but she never anticipated that her toughest case would be the woman who just walked into her precinct. When Julianne Rossi, a high-society art curator with a dangerous secret, arrives seeking protection, the cool, composed butch detective finds her professional boundaries crumbling. Julianne is everything Elena usually avoids: elegant, guarded, and entirely off-limits. Yet, beneath the surface of this high-stakes investigation lies an undeniable, magnetic pull that defies every rule in the book. As a relentless shadow from Julianne’s past closes in, the two women are forced into an intimate proximity that turns their professional arrangement into a fight for survival and a test of hearts. This is a story of contrast and connection, where the rugged armor of a dedicated cop meets the delicate, hidden fire of a woman who has finally found someone worth trusting. Against a backdrop of pulse-pounding suspense and city-lit nights, Elena and Julianne discover that the most dangerous risk isn’t the threat hunting them, but the terrifying vulnerability of belonging to someone else. Mine is a gripping, steamy exploration of butch-femme devotion and the lengths one woman will go to claim what is hers.