The Relentless Spy Forgets
(2026)(The second book in the Nightshade Protocol series)
A novel by Lara Santiago
In the world of covert lies, desire is the deadliest trigger.
Daphne Kane can’t remember the sexiest weekend of her life.
She can’t remember Zack Mahon either. Not the heat between them. Not the promises whispered in the dark.
Not even the bullet he took meant for her.
Months later, Daphne’s deadly alter ego—legendary field operative Francine ‘Frankie’ Belle—is assigned to work beside the very man she unknowingly left behind. But Zack survived the mission with scars of his own, including fractured memories that erased Daphne from his mind completely.
Now two spies with shattered pasts are forced back into the field together while someone powerful hunts them both.
Frankie tells herself their attraction is only chemistry. Operational. Temporary. Dangerous. But every stolen glance, every heated touch, every instinct pulling them together says otherwise.
As missions spiral from the lush jungles of South America to the secrets hidden in the American South, Frankie and Zack uncover a conspiracy tied to the same shadow program that changed them forever.
And this time, remembering the truth may cost them everything.
Because in the spy game, forgotten secrets are often buried for a reason.
The Forgetful Spy Remembers, Nightshade Protocol, book 1
The Relentless Spy Forgets, Nightshade Protocol, book 2
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Daphne Kane can’t remember the sexiest weekend of her life.
She can’t remember Zack Mahon either. Not the heat between them. Not the promises whispered in the dark.
Not even the bullet he took meant for her.
Months later, Daphne’s deadly alter ego—legendary field operative Francine ‘Frankie’ Belle—is assigned to work beside the very man she unknowingly left behind. But Zack survived the mission with scars of his own, including fractured memories that erased Daphne from his mind completely.
Now two spies with shattered pasts are forced back into the field together while someone powerful hunts them both.
Frankie tells herself their attraction is only chemistry. Operational. Temporary. Dangerous. But every stolen glance, every heated touch, every instinct pulling them together says otherwise.
As missions spiral from the lush jungles of South America to the secrets hidden in the American South, Frankie and Zack uncover a conspiracy tied to the same shadow program that changed them forever.
And this time, remembering the truth may cost them everything.
Because in the spy game, forgotten secrets are often buried for a reason.
The Forgetful Spy Remembers, Nightshade Protocol, book 1
The Relentless Spy Forgets, Nightshade Protocol, book 2
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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