First published 2015
Marshall Everett's career as a DEA Special Agent ends when a gunshot destroys his arm. Cut off from the undercover work that defined him, he drifts without purpose or connections. In a Parisian park, he encounters a young woman burying a steel box and becomes curious about her secretive behavior. She turns out to be Ariana Gregory, whose father serves as U.S. ambassador to Argentina. Ariana survived kidnapping and brainwashing by revolutionary extremists, and now struggles to reclaim her identity. Marshall gets pulled into her world as dangerous enemies resurface, determined to settle old scores. Together they must confront the forces hunting them while Ariana works to overcome her trauma. Their shared ordeal becomes the foundation for something neither expected to find again.
Genres: romance, adventure, contemporary, action
Vibes: emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Argentina, Paris
Period: contemporary
320 pages · Hardcover · Delacorte Press
Content warnings: kidnapping