Dangerous Haven
Alexia is determined to protect her city, and if that means wearing the cloak of thievery, well, who better than she, a psychiatrist, an observer of human behavior and a pretty good sneak thief as well? And her plan works too, until a new scientist comes into town and the game abruptly changes, becoming far more dangerous than she anticipated. Alexia cannot continue to protect the crystals that power the city unless she admits her expertise; doing so automatically eliminates her from the game and costs her everything she holds dear. She needs the abilities of the new scientist, but first she must prove her innocence, stay one step ahead of the competition, and stop the insiders that are determined to take the crystals and leave Haven permanently in the dark.
When Alex is asked to help with a company investigation, she is stunned when several old college friends show up as agents on the case. While their agent status explains past mysteries, it doesn’t help with the present confusion when Alex is expected to back the agent’s bogus contributions on spider research. The spiders aren’t the only web spinners in Medright’s labs anymore, and Alex keeps stepping on the sticky strands of evidence that point to blackmail and insider trading. The closer she gets to the facts, the more she wonders whether she is the spider or the fly and whether romance with an agent is more poisonous than the spiders in the lab. When the final bell rings, it’s dinnertime for the spiders and Alex finds herself wrapped in a cocoon designed to determine how many spider bites it takes to kill!