Shadow

The most dangerous man isn't the one who lies to you. It's the one who makes you want to believe him anyway.

SHE PROTECTS EVERYONE. EXCEPT HERSELF.

Daphne Cross hasn't lost a witness in thirty-two protection details. She's fierce, independent, and operates by one rule: trust no one. It's kept her alive. It's kept her alone. And it's kept her heart safely locked away since her father died a hero and she swore never to let anyone close enough to destroy her again.

But this job requires the one thing she's spent fifteen years avoiding-returning to the hometown where she buried her father and left her heart behind.

HIS JOB IS LYING. TO EVERYONE.

FBI Agent Asher Morrison has spent eighteen months undercover as a corrupt agent, feeding intelligence to the Shadow Syndicate while secretly working to destroy them. He's watched witnesses die. Betrayed colleagues who trusted him. Become the monster he's hunting.

All to bring down the criminal empire that murdered his sister seven years ago.

But when a coordinated hit exposes a mole inside the FBI and puts two more witnesses in the crosshairs, Asher's carefully constructed lies begin to crumble. Someone inside is selling witness locations. And his new partner-a woman with trust issues and a perfect record-suspects him.

HOW DO YOU TRUST SOMEONE WHOSE JOB IS DECEPTION?

To protect their witnesses, Daphne and Asher must pose as husband and wife-hiding in plain sight while the Syndicate hunts them and their own agency might be compromised.

Daphne knows better than to trust a professional liar. But Asher sees past her walls. He makes her laugh. He makes her feel. And that's more dangerous than any bullet.

Because the woman who protects everyone has no defense against falling for a man who might be exactly what he seems-or the greatest lie she's ever believed.

Good men are worth fighting for. But is he good? Or is she just another mark who wants to believe?

Author: Susan May Warren,Lisa Phillips
Publisher: Sunrise Publishing
Published: 09/08/2026
Pages: 314
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9781966463863

About the Author
Warren, Susan May: - Susan May Warren is the USA Today bestselling author of over 100 novels with nearly 2 million books sold, including the Global Search and Rescue and the Montana Rescue series. Winner of a RITA Award and multiple Christy and Carol Awards, as well as the HOLT Medallion and numerous Readers Choice Awards, Susan makes her home in Minnesota.Visit her at www.susanmaywarren.com.Phillips, Lisa: - Lisa Phillips is a USA Today and top ten Publishers Weekly bestselling author of over 80 books that span Harlequin's Love Inspired Suspense line, independently published series romantic suspense, and thriller novels. She's discovered a penchant for high-stakes stories of mayhem and disaster where you can find made-for-each-other love that always ends in happily ever after.Lisa is a British ex-pat who grew up an hour outside of London and attended Calvary Chapel Bible College, where she met her husband. He's from California, but nobody's perfect. It wasn't until her Bible College graduation that she figured out she was a writer (someone told her). Lisa is a worship leader, tea aficionado, and dog lover of two crazy Airedales.