He came to Pine Ridge to kill my husband.
I should have run.
Instead, I fell.
Three years of marriage to Lucas Perrella has taught me that survival means silence, that bruises heal, and that hope is a luxury I can't afford. Trapped in a gilded cage in this snow-covered mountain town, I've learned to read danger in shadows and violence in a man's smile.
Then Noah Russell arrives.
Posing as a security consultant, he's everything Lucas isn't—controlled where my husband is volatile, protective where Lucas destroys. But I recognize the predator beneath Noah's careful facade. I see the killer in his cold gray eyes.
What I don't see coming is how he looks at me like I'm salvation instead of collateral damage.
For weeks, we dance around each other—predator and prey, hunter and hunted. He studies my husband's empire while I study him, and somewhere between November snow and Christmas lights, the impossible happens. The man sent to destroy my world becomes the only person in it I trust.
But Noah has a job to finish, and Lucas has plans of his own. Christmas Eve is coming, and in Pine Ridge, not everyone will live to see Christmas morning.
Some love stories are written in blood. Some Christmas miracles come wrapped in violence. And sometimes, the most dangerous man alive is the only one who can set you free.
A standalone dark romance featuring a morally gray assassin hero, a trapped wife finding her strength, and a love worth killing for. Contains mature themes, violence, and steamy scenes. HEA guaranteed, but the path there is paved with broken glass and Christmas lights.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
I should have run.
Instead, I fell.
Three years of marriage to Lucas Perrella has taught me that survival means silence, that bruises heal, and that hope is a luxury I can't afford. Trapped in a gilded cage in this snow-covered mountain town, I've learned to read danger in shadows and violence in a man's smile.
Then Noah Russell arrives.
Posing as a security consultant, he's everything Lucas isn't—controlled where my husband is volatile, protective where Lucas destroys. But I recognize the predator beneath Noah's careful facade. I see the killer in his cold gray eyes.
What I don't see coming is how he looks at me like I'm salvation instead of collateral damage.
For weeks, we dance around each other—predator and prey, hunter and hunted. He studies my husband's empire while I study him, and somewhere between November snow and Christmas lights, the impossible happens. The man sent to destroy my world becomes the only person in it I trust.
But Noah has a job to finish, and Lucas has plans of his own. Christmas Eve is coming, and in Pine Ridge, not everyone will live to see Christmas morning.
Some love stories are written in blood. Some Christmas miracles come wrapped in violence. And sometimes, the most dangerous man alive is the only one who can set you free.
A standalone dark romance featuring a morally gray assassin hero, a trapped wife finding her strength, and a love worth killing for. Contains mature themes, violence, and steamy scenes. HEA guaranteed, but the path there is paved with broken glass and Christmas lights.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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