the Soldier and Ghost

Thora Kane is a master of the shadow life. For two years, she has lived as a ghost in the desolate Laurentian wilderness, her existence a calculated loop of thermal scans, perimeter checks, and hyper-vigilance. She is a woman waiting for the hammer to fall, certain that the Montreal cartel she fled hasn't forgotten her. But her solitary fortress is compromised when a man with the unmistakable cadence of a soldier moves into the cabin across the frozen lake. Gethin Finch, a disgraced operative from the elite JTF2, is a man who views the world in sectors of fire and egress routes. He came to the mountain to bury the trauma of a black-ops betrayal that left his unit dead-only to find that his new neighbor isn't just watching him; she's measuring the weight of his trigger finger. The silence between them is shattered when a catastrophic blizzard traps the two strangers in a single cabin, forcing their meticulous lies to melt away. As the heat of a dangerous, long-overdue attraction flares between them, a digital tracker pings their coordinates half a continent away. A devastating betrayal by Gethin's own brother has leaked their location to the dark web, triggering a lethal pincer movement. An unholy alliance between a cold-blooded cartel fixer and Gethin's corrupt former partner has turned their remote sanctuary into a primary target. The wolves aren't just at the door; they are surrounding the mountain with the efficiency of a military strike team. >