Silver Team

I was living a nightmare of my own making. My life had been erased. My past rewritten. My name changed. I had nothing from my previous life. I was no longer Bridget Keller. I was promised federal protection. I was promised a new life. I was promised I would be safe. As it turned out, I wasn’t and I only had one place to run—back to Theo Jackson and his painfilled brown eyes, menacing demeanor, and indescribable kindness. To the man I had no business falling in love with yet I had.

My father was a complicated man. The world knew him as a criminal who worked with men far worse. To me, he was the man who saved a frightened, orphaned little girl and gave her a purpose. Because of him, I became exactly what he needed. Powerful. Respected. Resourceful. The Mediator. The Dove. Technically, that made me a criminal too. I commanded a team of assassins—mercenaries, if we’re being polite. Men who answered when I called and carried out my orders without question.

She's the last woman in the world he's allowed to fall for. And the only woman he wants. I was living my best life—building my real estate empire, growing my brand, and staying far away from anything that looked like trouble. Then the letters started. At first, I brushed them off. Comes with the territory when you live online. But my overprotective father didn't see it that way—and one phone call later, I've got a bodyguard I didn't ask for and definitely don't need.

I live by three rules: trust my gut, stay in control, and never let anyone close enough to be a weakness. Then Derrika Layne walked into my life—big blue eyes, a smile that could outbluff the devil, and trouble written all over her and blows my rules to hell. She’s undercover in a company sitting on national security secrets, and my job is to keep her alive while we hunt a traitor.

I don’t lose control. I don’t trust. And I don’t let anyone close enough to ruin me. I’ve survived by being sharper, colder, and smarter than everyone who’s ever tried to own me. My life is built on secrets, hard choices, and a promise I can’t afford to break. I have an endgame—and it doesn’t include temptation. Then Cash Phillips stepped into my orbit. He sees too much. Pushes too hard.