The first book in the follow-up to Kit Rocha's bestselling BEYOND series.
Lieutenant Ashwin Malhotra is a Makhai soldierāgenetically engineered to be cold, ruthless. Unfeeling. His commanding officers consider him the perfect operative, and theyāre right. Now, he has a simple mission: to infiltrate Gideonās Riders, the infamous sect of holy warriors that protects the people of Sector One.
Heās never failed to execute an objective, but thereās one thing he didnāt anticipateārunning into Dr. Kora Bellamy, the only woman to ever break through his icy exterior.
When Kora fled her life as a military doctor for the Makhai Project, all she wanted was peaceāa quiet life where she could heal the sick and injured. The royal Rios family welcomed her like a sister, but she could never forget Ashwin. His sudden reappearance is a second chanceāif she can manage to touch his heart.
When the simmering tension between them finally ignites, Kora doesn't realize she's playing with fire. Because sheās not just falling in love with a man who may not be able to love her back. Ashwin has too many secretsāand one of them could destroy her.
The first book in the follow-up to Kit Rocha's bestselling BEYOND series.
Lieutenant Ashwin Malhotra is a Makhai soldierāgenetically engineered to be cold, ruthless. Unfeeling. His commanding officers consider him the perfect operative, and theyāre right. Now, he has a simple mission: to infiltrate Gideonās Riders, the infamous sect of holy warriors that protects the people of Sector One.
Heās never failed to execute an objective, but thereās one thing he didnāt anticipateārunning into Dr. Kora Bellamy, the only woman to ever break through his icy exterior.
When Kora fled her life as a military doctor for the Makhai Project, all she wanted was peaceāa quiet life where she could heal the sick and injured. The royal Rios family welcomed her like a sister, but she could never forget Ashwin. His sudden reappearance is a second chanceāif she can manage to touch his heart.
When the simmering tension between them finally ignites, Kora doesn't realize she's playing with fire. Because sheās not just falling in love with a man who may not be able to love her back. Ashwin has too many secretsāand one of them could destroy her.