Borrowed Pain: MM Romantic Suspense (First in Line Book 4)

He talks people off the ledge, but when the danger turns personal, he’s forced to face the one thing he’s never been able to handle—himself.

As a crisis counselor, Miles McCabe is calm under pressure, fluent in other people’s trauma, and pretty damn good at pretending he has his own life together.

Sarcasm helps. But when a chilling voicemail lands in his private inbox—referencing a case he’s never quite been able to forget—Miles can’t laugh this one off.

The caller knows things they shouldn’t. About the client. About Miles. About what really happened.

The death was ruled a suicide. Miles filed it away with all the other losses he couldn’t save. Until now.

New clues suggest it was something else entirely—and someone wants Miles to follow the breadcrumbs.

Enter Rowan Ashcroft—ex-behavioral analyst, dedicated podcaster, and a man who refuses to let sleeping cases lie. He sees through every deflection Miles has perfected. He’s also the most infuriating man Miles has ever wanted to both strangle and kiss.

Rowan believes the case is part of a pattern, and that Miles holds the missing piece. As they dig deeper, the connections turn personal—and the danger ramps up. What started as a whisper from the past becomes a full-blown hunt for a killer who’s been hiding in plain sight.

The McCabe brothers are no strangers to high-stakes threats, but this time, it’s Miles’s turn in the spotlight. And if he wants to survive, he’ll have to do the one thing he swore he’d never do:

Let someone in.

In Borrowed Pain, true crime meets real danger, and reluctant allies become lovers.