Nora by Tamsen Schultz

Retribution, secrets, and murder…Agent Nora Amiri’s next assignment might be her last.

Murder isn’t what Jordanian intelligence agent and veterinarian, Nora Amiri, is used to dealing with. Treason? Sure. Espionage? No problem. Arms trafficking…she’s been there a time or two. But a serial killer lurking in the group of elite K9 handlers and trainers coming to Massachusetts that she’s been tasked by NATO to find? There’s no question she’ll take the assignment. She doesn’t have to like it, though. Especially not when Lucian Salvitto, an old fling and cousin of her best friend, is one of the suspects.
Lucian Salvitto will take dogs over humans any day. Except, it seems, when Nora shows up at the training session he’s in charge of and a tendril of curiosity takes root. As a former spy himself, he’s adept at recognizing subterfuge and he’s pretty sure there’s more going on than just lending her medical expertise to the K9s. He might not want to care, but the next thing he knows, he’s decided that attaching himself to her side is right where he needs to be.
The closer Lucian sticks to her, the more Nora is certain it isn’t just the investigation he’s inveigling his way into—her heart is on the line, too. There might not be a happy-ever-after in store for them, but Lucian isn’t going anywhere. And when two more murders occur on her watch and she becomes the next target, she’ll take all the help she can get to bring down a serial killer.