She tracks endangered sea turtles for a living… now she’s the one being hunted.
Recently divorced marine biologist Gabriella Valentino came to the remote shores of Tortuguero National Park for a fresh start—far from her memories of her toxic marriage and the life she barely survived.
Among nesting sea turtles and moonlit beaches, she finally found purpose: protecting the vulnerable from those who would destroy them.
She never expected to become one of the hunted.
When Gabriella’s research uncovers a poaching network more dangerous than she imagined, she draws the attention of the last man she should trust—Mateo Emilio.
Handsome, controlled, and dangerously compelling, Mateo isn’t just another ally in the field. He’s an undercover operative… and she’s now part of his mission.
Mateo has spent years infiltrating criminal networks, living a double life where trust is a liability and attachment is a weakness. But Gabriella was never supposed to matter.
Not with her stubborn courage, her sweet nature, or the way she looks at him like he’s more than the monster he pretends to be. And definitely not with the way she makes him want things he can’t have.
When Gabriella is targeted for what she knows, Mateo is forced to make an impossible choice: complete the mission that could dismantle an entire nefarious criminal organization… or protect the woman who’s become his greatest vulnerability.
As danger closes in and secrets begin to unravel, the line between captor and protector blurs into something far more dangerous.
