She lives in the shadows.
He’s sworn to protect the spotlight.
Only one of them knows they’re hunting the same person.
Leanne Miles has spent her life building dual worlds—one in the public eye as a brilliant tech entrepreneur worth millions, and the other buried deep in the covert circuits of a spy agency where her code has toppled empires. Her identical twin, Kylie, took a very different path. A rising indie star with a voice the world adored, Kylie lived loud, bright, and boldly in ways Leanne never could. They were opposites, but inseparable…until the night everything shattered.
When Kylie is found dead, Leanne’s heart shatters. Every breath becomes a reminder of what she lost and looking in the mirror is a reminder of who she failed to save. She lives with nothing but what ifs and regrets. If only she’d reached the hotel minutes earlier, maybe Kylie would still be alive.
Leanne has stepped out of her life to focus on only one mission. Find out who did this and make them pay.
To do it, she steps into Kylie’s world—literally. She has no choice but to put on her clothes and assume her spotlight. She becomes her sister to lure a killer out of the hiding, knowing full well she may be the next target.
The only complication? Kane McCullough, an elite bodyguard assigned to safeguard rockstar Beckett Miller. He's been warned from the top to keep “Kylie" away from Beckett while she survives her twin's life. Still, Kane is trained, relentless, and too perceptive for Leanne’s comfort.
And what’s worse? He’s the first man she’s ever felt drawn to in ages.
Kane's own past let him recognize something was something off about "Kylie" long before anyone read him in. He knows that while there's danger behind her eyes, there is fragility in her soul. He catches on she’s hunting her sister's killer and recognizes he may be the only person standing between her and a bullet.
Turns out, catching feelings is a lot easier than catching a killer. But Leanne can’t trust him with the truth, the full truth, of who she is. Not yet. Not when a single slip could expose her, ruin the mission, or get them both killed.
Still, every moment with Kane chips away at her defenses, making her believe she isn’t as alone—or as lost—as she once thought.
Until the day the killer steps out of the shadows and Leanne has to put all of her trust into Kane's hands to survive.
Because loving him could save her life.
Alpha Hero, Angsty, Band of Brothers, Billionaire, Bodyguard, Captor/Captive, Chance Encounter, Corruption ARC, Emotional Healing, Escaping a Killer, Family Saga, Forced Proximity, Found Family, Friends-to-Lovers, Guarded Hearts, He Falls First, Heroine in Danger, Hidden Identity, Hurt/Comfort, Kidnapped, Law Enforcement, Main Character in Peril, Military, Millionaire, Mistaken Identity, On-the-Run, Online Romance, Pen pals/secret identity, Protector, Redemption, Revenge, Rockstar, Secret Romance, Slow Burn, Stalker, Superstar/Celebrity, Tortured Heroine, Tortured Lead, Workplace Romance
Midas Series, #4
11/18/2021