"Let me decide who I choose to lose." Leora A single decision to save a stranger thrusts me from my role as a psychologist at the Toronto South Detention Center into a shadowy world of espionage. I find myself entangled with Zarek, a covert intelligence unit leader whose presence sparks a fire within me. He's everything I shouldn't want-distant, secretive, and haunted by the battles he fights. Zarek Control is everything in my line of work, but Leora disrupts it all. She didn't just save my life; she dragged herself into the line of fire. She becomes my obsession, a mission I can't afford to fail. As our desires collide, the lines between duty and passion blur, making her safety my biggest gamble yet. "Bound by Valor" delivers a high-stakes tale of danger and desire. When lives are on the line, can two fiercely independent spirits trust each other enough to survive? This is the first book in the Squad Six Series by Bakul Sharma. An action-packed steamy military romance. *Content warning* This book contains themes and scenes that may be triggering for some readers. It features explicit sexual content, as well as an obsessive, protective, and sometimes controlling hero with stalking behavior towards the heroine. Trigger Warnings: Violence, kidnapping, blood, murder, grief, stalking, and mentions of physical assault, death, slavery, and human trafficking. Welcome to Squad Six!