She was hired to keep him alive. Neither of them planned on this. Naomi Cole doesn't do attachments. Four years ago she buried the partner she couldn't save, and she's kept every client alive since by following one rule: never let them matter. Then she's hired to guard Adrian Vale — a self-made billionaire whose company built something powerful enough to get him killed, and who resents needing a bodyguard almost as much as she resents caring whether he lives. He's cold, controlling, and hiding something. She's the only thing standing between him and the dark. Because someone on the inside wants him dead. The attempts are patient, precise, and personal — and every clue points toward the one door Adrian will never let her open. As a faceless enemy strips away everyone he trusts, the truth claws closer: the man hunting him is tied to the night that took the partner she loved. To survive, they'll have to trust each other completely. To win, Adrian may have to burn down everything he's ever built. And falling for the man she's paid to protect? That's the one risk Naomi swore she'd never take again. Everything they survive is only the first move. A slow-burn billionaire bodyguard romance with a thriller's pulse. Book One of the Vale Trilogy.