Miami-glamour and danger-and a woman who trusts no one.

Janine Summers believes she has everything under control-until a bodyguard is assigned to her without her consent: Mario Moretti.

Too charming. Too controlled. And far too dangerous to trust.

He shows up whenever he wants, disappears without explanation-and that alone puts her at risk.

He crosses boundaries she set for herself and pulls her deeper into a game that started long before she realized it.

A game that will take her from Miami to Paris-

to a place where shadows awaken memories... and love can turn deadly.

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He's supposed to watch her.

The external protection assignment comes at exactly the right time.

Mario Moretti isn't here to feel anything.

His job is simple: observe, assess, shield-if necessary.

But Janine Summers is different. Too proud, too sharp, too dangerous for his self-control.

He should have kept his distance.

Instead, he saves her-and loses far more than he's allowed to.

Because every shadow he drives away tears down another wall inside him.

And when the assignment takes them to Paris, Mario knows it's already too late-

for distance, for control...

and for the truth standing between them.