Payne by Kim Linwood

     I was given an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.  This is the first thing I've read by Ms. Linwood and I will be reading others.  This was an excellent story from the first page to the last.  Payne is an ex Navy SEAL, now in the business of contract killing.  Nora is a rookie police officer on her first real assignment.  Unfortunately (or fortunately). their jobs overlap.  Their journey to each other, Payne's journey to find his real self and Nora's journey to find her life's work makes for an excellent read.  It is well worth the money and the time invested in reading it.  It's full of plot twists and excitement as well as the hot sex between two people who know they should know better, but just don't care to walk away from each other.