Zaria Lane, Grammy-nominated R&B sensation, has built her career on passion, power, and the ability to own every stage she steps on. But when a relentless stalker threatens her safety, the woman who has always lived unafraid is forced to face a terrifying reality—she can’t fight this battle alone.

Enter Cole Mercer, an ex-Navy SEAL with a reputation for precision and control. Assigned to protect Zaria, Cole expects another high-profile security job. What he doesn’t expect is the pull he feels the moment he meets her—fierce, magnetic, and impossible to ignore.

Close quarters turn into charged glances. Late nights spark slow-burn attraction. But every step toward each other blurs the line between protection and desire, making it harder to keep their connection purely professional. As the stalker’s threats escalate from shadows to direct danger, the tension between them becomes as dangerous as the man they’re hunting.

With every risk they take, Cole and Zaria find themselves caught between the need to stay alive and the need to give in to a passion neither of them can walk away from. But when the danger closes in for good, will choosing each other put everything they’ve fought for on the line? Or will it be the only way they survive?

Contemporary