Shadows Know Blood

By Beth A Freely

They were never supposed to feel. Now they're the only ones who can't afford not to.

Former Yakuza enforcer Akira Shimosawa thought he buried his past when he joined STARR, a covert paramilitary group operating in the shadows of international law. Mallory Sullivan, a sharp-minded former CIA profiler with a body count and a conscience, was never supposed to cross paths with him again. But when Ashfall's legacy mutates into something worse, STARR's newest unit, Ghost Division, is thrown into a mission that quickly becomes personal.

What begins as infiltration spirals into betrayal. Operatives vanish. Someone inside the system starts rewriting the rules of loyalty, turning human choice into a clean, convincing lie. And the only way to stop a war built on replacement is to burn it from the inside out.

As Akira and Mallory move through global cities and ghost networks, each step draws them deeper into a conspiracy shaped by someone from Akira's past, the woman who trained him to feel nothing at all.

In a world where fear is erased, desire becomes dangerous, and love becomes the last rebellion.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GJXFDQDD
• ISBN13: 9798295570780
• Release Date: January 2026
• Publisher: House of the Vixen Blade Press
• Length: 474 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.0" x 8.0"