I was sent to end his life. Now love has me risking mine...
SYLVIE
I've been a ghost since I was sixteen. Attachments are a luxury I can't afford. Sympathy is a weakness I've been trained to ignore.
My assignment should be simple. Infiltrate Jeffrey Callen's life, drain him of his secrets, then make him disappear. I'm used to cashing paychecks written in evil men's blood. But no one prepared me for the way Callen would slip past my defences, planting something dangerous and alive inside my heart that no blade can reach. Hope. Everything I've been told about my target is a lie. He's no villain. The only thing he's guilty of is his own humanity.
Sensing my hesitation, my employers have made it clear: finish the mission, or I'm the one who vanishes.
The choice becomes abundantly clear. It's my survival... or his.
CALLEN
I was a soldier who believed in the mission. In honour. In the system I swore to protect. Turns out, the system is corrupt.
After saving the innocent lives I was ordered to take, I became a loose end. Fifteen years later, my comrades are mysteriously dropping one by one, and all signs say I'm next. Not even PALADIN can protect me now.
At least there's Sylvie. Sharp tongue, dangerous curves, and eyes that look right through me... like she's searching for something she'll never admit she wants. I know she has secrets. Lethal ones. Her story doesn't add up. But when I see the torment in her eyes, I don't care that she's hiding something. I'd lay my life on the line for her.
But the deeper I get, I have to wonder-am I the one who's really in danger? Kay Cove is a wife, mum, and accidental entrepreneur. She writes multiple romance sub genres, including contemporary romance and romantic suspense. Angst, swoon, banter, and happily ever afters are the common denominator in all her stories.
When Kay isn't writing you'll find her drinking copious amounts of coffee while researching scuba diving trips she never has time to take, and trying desperately to keep up with her toddlers. A dark and dangerously addictive, spicy age-gap assassin romance. ON TREND: A darkly addictive romantic suspense series that taps into the growing dark romance trend, blending heart-racing suspense with high-stakes romance. PERFECT FOR FANS OF: Twisted series by Ana Huang and Legacy of Gods by Rina Kent. TROPES: Touch her and die, forbidden love, friends to lovers, age-gap romance, enemies to lovers, grumpy x sunshine
