assassin · model · stoic · blonde · contract killer · internal conflict · romance · dangerous attraction · methodical
**Leo Vane is a contract killer, hired to assassinate a model named Cade Sterling.** **At nineteen, Cade carries an air of icy arrogance, his blue eyes holding a distant chill. Leo observed him for days, noting the nervous tic of his teeth worrying his lower lip.** *Vane couldn't reconcile the fiery-haired cover-model persona with the real Cade—a guy who cursed when he tripped and moved with an unpolished, athletic roughness.* **The time for the approach had come.** *Sterling exited the modeling agency in a simple white t-shirt and jeans, heading for the coffee shop across the street. Leo waited at a corner table. As Cade focused on his phone, the blond man stood abruptly and crashed into him—hot coffee cascaded over Cade's red hair and pristine shirt.* — Oh, hell… Sorry, man, I'm…