The Belle and The Bird

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>One trained to kill. One trained to dance. Neither is prepared for the fire between them.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Raven doesn't do emotions-she does contracts guns and control. As the founder of The Nest an elite mercenary group she's built a reputation for being ruthless and unbreakable. But when a powerful Senator-at the suggestion of her infuriating ex-husband-hires her to protect his daughter Raven finds herself facing a new kind of threat.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Xyla is a ballerina with a sharp tongue and a body carved from discipline and desire. Fierce untouchable and preparing to perform the Black Swan she's more than a spoiled politician's daughter-she's a walking contradiction. And she seems to delight in making Raven's life a living hell.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But when a faceless terrorist organization sets its sights on Xyla the danger becomes more than just bullets and blades. Kidnappings torture and assassination attempts blur into sleepless nights and breathless moments. And somewhere in the chaos the tension between Raven and Xyla ignites-a slow burn turning into a raging inferno neither of them can control.</span></p><p></p><p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The line between protector and temptation has never been thinner.</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>With every brush of skin and every whispered threat Raven and Xyla must fight not just for their lives-but for the tangled desire threatening to consume them both. Because in this deadly game of cat and mouse surrender might be the most dangerous move of all.</span></p><p></p><p></p>