Under His Protection: The Blackthorne Files, Book 2
She spent two years protecting a secret.
He built the system designed to uncover it.
Now they have four days to expose a conspiracy hidden inside Blackthorne Global.
After cybersecurity contractor Daniel Cross is murdered, Elena Ward disappears with evidence powerful people will do anything to destroy. She is not running from grief. She is waiting for the right moment to reveal the truth.
Julian Blackthorne created Obsidian, one of the most secure archival systems in private intelligence. He also left himself a hidden way inside, believing he might one day need to protect the system from the institution controlling it.
That day has arrived.
A signal from a supposedly dead server leads Julian to Elena and a drive he has been tracing for months. She possesses the evidence. He understands the system hiding it. Forced into an uneasy alliance, they must uncover who is altering Blackthorne Global's records before the archive is permanently rewritten.
Their investigation reveals PROTEUS, a surveillance network capable of turning manufactured stories into accepted facts. It has been used for years against anyone who asked the wrong questions.
Worse, someone in Julian's own family may have designed it.
With enemies closing in and trust becoming as dangerous as the truth, Elena and Julian must decide how much they are willing to risk for justice and for each other.
The investigation is the foreground.
The inheritance is the center.
The archive holds everything.
Under His Protection is a romantic suspense novel featuring a dangerous conspiracy, forced proximity, reluctant protection, hidden identity, and a complete central mystery.
The Blackthorne Files is a series of standalone romantic suspense novels. Each book follows a new couple and resolves its central mystery, while a larger conspiracy continues across the series.
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