Some secrets are worth killing for. Some passions are worth dying for. HE'S ALL CONTROL. Ryan "Brass" Ellis never loses his cool. As second-in-command of Cerberus Security, he's the strategist-the calm in chaos, the man who makes the impossible possible. His legendary discipline has carried him through three combat tours and countless black ops missions. Until her. SHE'S ALL DEFIANCE. Investigative journalist Sloane Hart has stared down warlords and exposed corruption across four continents. Danger doesn't scare her-it's her oxygen. But when a bossy, infuriatingly competent ex-Delta Force operative saves her life in a DC subway, she finds herself facing something far more dangerous than any warzone: him. She's not used to being protected. He's not used to being challenged. And neither is ready for the way they burn. TOGETHER, THEY'RE EXPLOSIVE. What should be a simple extraction turns into a cross-country chase as kill teams close in at every turn. Forced into hiding together, Ryan and Sloane's volatile chemistry ignites into something neither can contain. Every touch, every look, every heartbeat is a battle between survival and surrender. But Sloane's investigation has uncovered a truth darker than either imagined-a covert government project called Phoenix: an autonomous AI program with full authority to identify and eliminate threats. No oversight. No conscience. No mercy. Now they're not just running for their lives. They're racing to expose a weapon that thinks for itself-and wants them both erased. ONE BED. ONE RULE. ONE BURNING DESIRE. Trapped in safe houses and hotels with nowhere to run, Ryan and Sloane fight a war on two fronts-the deadly one outside and the one between them. He demands obedience to keep her alive. She defies every order to prove she doesn't need saving. But when the nights stretch long and the walls close in, protection turns to passion, and control becomes the one thing Ryan can't hold onto. She's his weakness. His salvation. The line he swore he'd never cross. In a world built on lies and assassins who never miss, they'll have to risk everything-including their hearts-to survive. Because the most dangerous weapon isn't the AI hunting them... ...it's the feelings neither can control. BRASS is a full-length, high-heat romantic suspense novel featuring a protective alpha hero, a fearless heroine, forced proximity, edge-of-your-seat action, and a slow burn that detonates into something unforgettable.