by Nalini Singh
Part of Psy-Changeling, book 16
First published 2017
Silver Mercant lives by three rules: control, precision, family. As director of a worldwide emergency response network, she helps the Trinity Accord unite a fractured world. Her Psy conditioning suppresses all emotion through Silence. Then Valentin Nikolaev enters her life. The StoneWater bear alpha climbs buildings just to see her, drawn by the fire he senses beneath her controlled exterior. Silver represents everything orderly. Valentin embodies pure wildness. When a shadow assassin tries to poison Silver, she ends up protected within Valentin's bear clan territory. The failed assassination attempt changes everything. Silver's assassin has unleashed something dangerous by trying to eliminate her. Now Silver must navigate between her duty to the emergency network and the chaos that Valentin brings. Her emotional conditioning begins to crack under pressure. The passion building between them threatens the very principles that have governed her existence.
Genres: romance, fantasy, paranormal-romance, urban-fantasy
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Trinity Accord, StoneWater
452 pages · Trade Paperback · Gollancz