First published 2021
Jack Ryder pulled a drowning girl from Caribbean waters when he was just a teenager on family vacation. That rescue changed everything. A decade passes. Jack works undercover for the FBI now. Eliza Lawrence still calls that tropical island home. Her father plans to marry her off to a drug lord from a neighboring territory. She faces this arranged union with a dangerous man whether she wants it or not. Jack and Eliza meet again after all these years. Neither can explain what draws them together. Their lives hang in the balance once more. They must work as partners on a perilous mission. The plan requires them to fake a passionate romance. Can they pretend to love each other without those feelings becoming real? Both survived deadly circumstances before. Now they need another miracle to make it through alive.
Genres: adventure, action, contemporary-romance, romantic-suspense
Vibes: fast-paced, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, second-chance
Setting: Caribbean, FBI
Period: Decade
374 pages · Hardcover · Atria Books