“Control is his specialty until he meets the one woman who challenges everything—a fearless journalist who ignites a passion more dangerous than the killers pursuing them.”<br/><br/>Some secrets are worth killing for. Some passions are worth dying for.<br/>HE’S ALL CONTROL. Ryan “Brass” Ellis never loses his cool. As second-in-command of Cerberus Security, he’s the strategist, the levelheaded one, the man who makes the impossible possible. His legendary control has seen him through three combat tours and countless high-risk operations.<br/>Until her.<br/>SHE’S ALL DEFIANCE. Investigative journalist Sloane Hart has stared down warlords and exposed corruption across four continents. She’s used to danger—it’s practically her comfort zone. What she’s not used to is being protected, especially by a bossy, infuriatingly competent ex-Delta Force operator who thinks he knows what’s best for her.<br/>What she’s definitely not prepared for? The way he makes her want to surrender.<br/>TOGETHER, THEY’RE EXPLOSIVE.<br/>When Ryan witnesses an assassination attempt on Sloane in a DC subway, he intervenes without hesitation. What should be a simple extraction becomes a cross-country chase as professional kill teams hunt them at every turn. Forced into hiding together, their volatile chemistry ignites into something neither can deny.<br/>But Sloane’s investigation has uncovered a terrifying truth: an autonomous AI assassination program with full authority to identify and eliminate threats—no human oversight required. As they piece together the conspiracy, they discover connections that reach the highest levels of government.<br/>Now they’re not just running for their lives. They’re fighting to expose a truth that could cost them everything.<br/>ONE BED. ONE RULE. ONE BURNING DESIRE.<br/>Trapped in hotel rooms with nowhere to run, Ryan and Sloane wage their own private battle—one of wills, trust, and a passion neither expected. He demands obedience to keep her safe. She challenges hi