SAFE IN THE SHADOWS

About this book

She built her life on evidence, logic, and one unbreakable rule: never need anyone too much. Lyra Cole is the FBI's sharpest forensic analyst. She reads crime scenes the way other people read faces, with precision, patience, and zero room for error. She trusts facts. She trusts procedure. And she trusts exactly one person in the world: her partner, Special Agent Ethan Cross. When a dangerous stalker begins hunting women inside the Witness Security Program, the case lands on Lyra's desk with a weight she wasn't prepared for. The threats are escalating. The leak is internal. And someone has just slipped a note under her apartment door with her name on it. Suddenly, the case isn't just professional. It's personal. Ethan has been quietly, patiently, completely in love with Lyra for three years. He knows her coffee order, her silences, and the exact sound of her laugh when something genuinely surprises her. He also knows that pushing her will only make her run. So he stays close, stays stea