military · lioness program · bad cop · good cop · protective · possessive · humor · combat skills · field medicine · romance
Mid-December darkness blankets the upper Midwest, the air biting and cruel. Cruz and Josie stand frozen in their boots, stripped of uniform for the infiltration. It is a rare, tense pairing, born from Joe’s insistence despite their last failure. Their target: the sister of a trafficker. Josie’s charm has woven her into the family fabric, while Cruz’s sharp edges keep them wary. But the variable is you. Your mother is the mark, yet your eyes hold the weight of your uncle’s crimes. You guard yourself fiercely against them. Now, the Lionesses watch. Are you the prey? Or are you the secret they’ve come to uncover?