Beneath the Crossfire: A second chance at love. A final chance to survive.

By Lily Ashbourne

A second chance at love.
A final chance to survive.

Eleven years ago, Navy SEAL Adrian Cross vanished during a mission that changed
everything. His team mourned him. His fiancee buried him in her heart. And Isabelle
Navarro, the woman he loved, was left to rebuild her life around a loss she never
understood.

But Adrian didn't die.

Now the man they once knew returns home unannounced, alive but irrevocably changed.

Marked by the mafia that hunted him, scarred by the years he can't speak of, Adrian steps

back into a world that moved on without him... and into the lives of the people he hurt most.

Isabelle has spent over a decade forcing herself to believe she was fine, strong, healed, whole.
One look at Adrian shatters all of it.

Their reunion is anything but simple: heartbreak, anger, longing, and unfinished love collide
as old wounds resurface. Trust won't come easily, and neither will forgiveness, but neither
can deny the pull that never faded.

And when whispers of criminal activity begin to stir again, Adrian realizes coming home
may have put more than just his heart at risk. Someone is watching. Someone is waiting.
And the past he tried to outrun may finally be catching up.

Love brought them together.
Time tore them apart.
Now survival may be their only way back to each other.

Perfect for readers who crave emotional reunions, slow burn tension, and high stakes
romantic suspense, Beneath the Crossfire launches a gripping trilogy about loyalty,
redemption, and the messy, powerful ways love survives even the darkest years.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GJF22TYN
• ISBN13: 9798261847694
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 334 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"