Every Shut Eye — Collen Dixon

Alex Baxter knows what it's like to fight for your survival on the meanest streets of Washington D.C. And he knows what it's like to cross over to the other side, into a world where money flows like water, power is more precious than gold, and sex is the fuel that sends some lives soaring to the top.

As a rising young aide to D.C.'s illustrious mayor, Simon Blake, Alex soon saw and touched things that were beyond his imaginationâ€"until he saw too much. Now Alex has escaped the clutches of Simon Blake and left his mentor dead in the brackish waters of the D.C. harbor. But as a shocked city grieves for the mayor it didn't really know, competing crime lords, murderous foot soldiers, beautiful women, and dangerous spies lay siege to the turf that Simon once owned. Suddenly, Alex Baxter is a man with everything to lose and only one way to survive: by knowing his enemies from his friends, his passion from his purpose, and just how far Simon's power really reachedâ€"and still does. . . .