Sasha Cherlin was raised to kill.
Then she was raised to forget.
Ford gave her a normal life—grad school, stability, a future that didn't involve blood. She buried everything. The training, the missions, the boy she lost.
She was doing fine.
She was almost convincing.
Then FBI Special Agent Jax Barlow showed up with questions she can't answer, secrets she cant keep, and a photo that changes everything.
Jax thinks he's the good guy.
He thinks he's in control.
He has no idea what he's about to wake up.
Tropes include: dark & spicy romance; morally gray; found family; forced proximity; who did this to you; he falls first; heroine on the run; secret society; trauma bonding; touch her and die.