Arson Takes a Dare: The Third Marisa Adair Mystery Adventure

A reclusive, obscenely rich Kentucky lottery winner and grieving mother tricks Marisa Adair into teaming up with a famous-and mysterious-Florida private detective to finally solve a twenty-year-old cold case. During a serial arsonist's reign of terror, Mayla Kenton died in a fiery inferno, leaving her mother to grieve-and quietly burn for justice. Mrs. Kenton, armed with newfound wealth and long-standing passion for justice, is determined to find her daughter's killer and make them pay.

As Marisa balances the investigation into Mayla's tragic death, she's also chasing down a personal vendetta: exposing Alisa, her late brother's childhood bully, who now torments victims online. Alisa's secrets run deep, connecting their shared past to a sinister present. But when Alisa is found dead, Marisa becomes the prime suspect, and the weight of the accusations threatens to destroy everything she's worked to rebuild.

As the mysteries of Mayla's death and Alisa's twisted past converge, Marisa's childhood friend Alex steps up to help clear her name. But working alongside Alex is complicated because he's also her boss. He's everything she doesn't want-calm where she's impulsive, composed when she's brash-and yet, the electricity crackling between them is impossible to ignore. Their shared history only adds to the tension, as does his maddening ability to both frustrate and protect her. With every stolen glance and heated argument, their professional boundaries blur, threatening to ignite something neither can control.

Now, with Alex risking his career to clear her name, and the help of her quirky support network-including combat-ready former teacher Althea, shoe-obsessed best friend Tara, and her mischievous Abyssinian cat Laithe-Marisa must untangle a web of lies. As secrets of the past and present collide, Marisa and Alex are drawn closer than ever, their simmering attraction threatening to boil over just as the danger threatens their lives.

Caught between passion and peril, Marisa risks losing not only her freedom but the fragile chance at love she never thought she'd want-or need. Can she and Alex navigate their fiery connection and the deadly truths they uncover, or will everything go up in smoke?

The Takes a Dare Series
#1 Murder Takes a Dare
#2 Mayhem Takes a Dare
#3 Arson Takes a Dare