USA TODAY bestselling author Marie Ferrarella starts off the new Coltons of Texas series with a bang — and a serial killer at large.

Just moments away from marrying a woman he doesn't love, police detective Sam Colton discovers his bride brutally murdered. The only shocking clue: the MO matches another notorious killer — Sam's long-imprisoned father. A copycat? The victim's sister was the last to see her alive — and heard arguing with her. Sam would bet his life that shy, impossibly sexy librarian Zoe Robison had nothing to do with the murder. But when he learns what the argument was about, the former foster kid's heart hardens. Yet as Zoe is targeted by a madman, Sam discovers just how far he'll go to save her.