Flirting with Forever

She fought like hell to rebuild her life. He'll risk everything to make sure no one takes it from her.

LAUREN

Two and a half years ago, I got sober. Since then, I've rebuilt my life one careful piece at a time, including a dream job helping women escape dangerous situations.

The one thing I don't have? A relationship. And that's intentional. So, having a crush on my ridiculously attractive detective friend Hunter is fine (as long as I never act on it).

When a woman calls my shelter asking for help, and my attempt to find her lands me in the middle of Hunter's undercover investigation into the Russian mafia, suddenly, I'm an informant, living with Hunter and pretending to be his girlfriend.

So much for keeping my distance.

The deeper we get into the investigation, the harder it is to remember our relationship is supposed to be fake. But I fought too hard for the life I have now to risk losing it.

Even for him.

HUNTER

I've never had trouble choosing the job over a relationship. Years of undercover assignments don't exactly make me boyfriend material, and that's never bothered me.

Until Lauren.

Now, I'm infiltrating a Bratva operation trafficking women while pretending the one woman I actually want is nothing more than part of my cover. Getting involved with an informant could cost me my career. Blowing my cover could cost us both a hell of a lot more.

The closer we get to the Bratva leader, the more dangerous this becomes. I've spent my career knowing exactly how far I'll go to close a case. This time, though, there's someone I'm not willing to sacrifice for the job.

But first, I have to get us both out of this alive.