She thinks she’s a small-town baker. He knows she’s a government weapon. And her programming just woke up with one command: Kill him.

Clara O’Shea lives a quiet life. She feeds stray cats, argues with her sourdough starter, and runs the best bakery in Oakhaven. Her biggest problem is the grumpy, reclusive mechanic next door who hates people almost as much as he seems to hate her pastries.

But Clara’s life is a lie.

When a retrieval team comes for her, the illusion shatters. Clara isn’t a baker—she’s Asset 404, a retired sleeper agent with a body count she doesn’t remember and lethal skills she can’t control. And the grumpy mechanic? He’s Silas Vance, her former handler. The man who erased her memories to save her life.

Now, they’re on the run from the shadow agency that made them. But the danger isn’t just chasing them—it’s inside Clara’s head. A fail-safe protocol has triggered, twisting her affection for Silas into a lethal compulsion. The more she falls for him, the stronger the urge becomes to end him.

With the clock ticking and the enemy closing in, Clara has to make an impossible choice: run away to save the man she loves, or stay and fight the monster in her own mind.

The Asset is a high-octane dark romantic suspense novel featuring a protective hero, a badass heroine fighting for control, and a love story that survives against all odds. No cliffhangers, HEA guaranteed.

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