A former assassin, battling her demons. A sinister enemy, determined to destroy her. A wily street kid caught in the middle. Former assassin Leine Basso is fresh off an assignment rescuing an American teenager from a terrorist group in Libya when she thwarts the murder of a street kid in Tripoli. Leine agrees to help the girl find her family, but must first visit a refugee camp in the desert where there are disturbing reports of mysterious abductions. Leaving the camp, Leine comes under a surprise attack–but only a handful of people knew her true mission. Who has betrayed her? The more she discovers about the abductions, the more of a target she becomes, forcing her to revisit a dark and violent past she thought she’d left behind. But it's easy—too easy—to fall back into the old ways. And that could get her killed. Will she be able to survive a dark return? If you like gritty, fast-paced, page-turning, can’t-put-it-down thrillers with a story ripped from the headlines, then you’ll love Dark Return. "A cracking thriller!" Steve Bonczyk, Goodreads reviewer "I couldn't put it down!" Sharon Simms, Goodreads reviewer "One of the best reads to come out in this genre in quite awhile. You won't want to put this book down." Yvonne Reddy, reviewer "Dark Return was a thrill-a-minute, page-turning suspense that never lets up with action and intrigue. The author, DV Berkom, is a master when it comes to character development and the storyline." Paula Lopez, reviewer DV Berkom is the USA Today bestselling author of action-packed thrillers featuring strong women. Her love of creating resilient, bad-ass female characters stems from a lifelong addiction to reading spy novels, mysteries, and thrillers. After years of moving around the country and skipping off to locations that could have been movie sets, she wrote her first novel and was hooked. She now makes her home in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, Mark, and several imaginary characters who like to tell her what to do. Her most recent books include Fatal Objective, A Plague of Traitors, Shadow of the Jaguar,  and Dakota Burn. Currently, she's hard at work on her next thriller.