Cyber investigator Camille Brooks trusts patterns, proof, and the systems she can control. Investigative journalist Darius Cole trusts the truth in daylight, even when revealing it creates new danger.When a contractor network weaponizes Riversend's cameras and begins hunting their sources, Camille and Darius are forced into a safe house with an encrypted evidence cache and nowhere to hide from their attraction. Their professional rivalry turns intimate while a compromised mentor, a...

Imani Price protects public figures for a living, but the reform candidate under her command is the one man who has always made distance impossible. When a rifle tied to Magnolia Shield is used in an attempt on Andre Vale's life, Imani becomes the suspect and Riversend turns against the firm she helped build.Andre refuses to treat her as expendable, even as his family's compromised trust, two kidnapped witnesses, and a televised gala deadline give Victor Marrow the leverage he need...

Naya Greene built Magnolia Shield to protect people without surrendering control of her own life. Then a murdered witness leaves evidence that ties a corrupt councilman to Riversend's surveillance network, and the man who once broke Naya's trust returns with federal authority and a truth she cannot ignore.FBI agent Malcolm Reed never stopped loving her, but keeping Naya alive means confronting the secrecy that ended them. As threats close around her family, her firm, and Greene's K...