Description: Chloe Carter only wants to set up a blind date. Instead, she accidentally crashes a dark-web assassin group, sees a lineup of targets, picks the hottest man in the photos, and boldly claims him for herself. That man is Ethan Sterling-a cold, brilliant CEO from a prestigious healer family, and very much not looking for a date. What starts as a humiliating misunderstanding turns into something far more dangerous when Chloe blunders straight into Ethan's world as his bodyguard. Between suspicious "accidents," hidden enemies, family trauma, and a growing attraction neither of them is prepared for, Chloe realizes Ethan was marked long before she ever found his photo. But Chloe has problems of her own. She's the stubborn heir to a fading Northern lion dance lineage, determined to revive her family's name, while Ethan is a gifted traditional medicine prodigy who abandoned his craft after a devastating mistake. As attacks close in and old secrets claw their way into the light, the two are forced to fight side by side-through blood, betrayal, and the kind of feelings that are much harder to survive than assassins. Because the truth behind Ethan's hunters is buried in family history, and the people pulling the strings have already destroyed lives once before. If Chloe and Ethan fail, they won't just lose each other-they'll lose the families, legacies, and futures they're trying to rebuild. And when fate does something impossible to tie them even closer together, walking away stops being an option. Author Biography: Rising star in the romance genre, beloved for her emotional depth and steamy scenes. Her stories explore the power of love across time and dimensions.