Alliez Security

Being a celebrity chef and influencer hadn't been Astrid's goal when she uploaded her first cooking video. She'd just wanted to share her love of cooking. Now she has it all—her own cooking show, cookbooks, and cookware line. Her dreams are only growing… until the day she stumbles upon a murder in a dark parking lot and her life gets turned upside down. The last thing she wants is a handsome bodyguard telling her what she can and can't do.

Finding out her boss is not who she thought he was has her turning to the one man who'd kicked her out of his bed after the best night of her life—Kyle "Ox" Matthews. As expected, he isn't open to listening to her or helping her with her problem. Kyle should let his past define his future, but when he finds out Eveline works for an opposing company, he closes the door on her as quickly as he can. When she comes to him with information about her boss, he dismisses it until he finds that there could be some truth in Eveline's claims.

Investigative reporter Teresa takes her job seriously. She's no stranger to the hazardous nature of her occupation, but this latest story has even her boss turning his back on her. A story he encouraged her to pursue. Danger is lurking everywhere, waiting to strike even when she's in her own home. Teresa can't do it alone and needs help, except she doesn't know whom she can trust. Desperate times call for desperate measures, and her last hope is to turn to her high school crush—someone she hasn't spoken to in years and hope Angelo remembers her.

One file is all it takes to change a life. Cass is determined to find out the truth, but at what cost? The further she digs, the more lies she uncovers and the more she realises that her life has been nothing more than a fable, a fictional story, because nothing she once knew has been real. Cass might not know who she is anymore, but she does know who they are. Her biological family, and she'll stop at nothing to erase their kind of evil from the world. Blood isn't always thicker than water.