Pressure & Pulse
To survive a high-tech surveillance state, they must fake a life together—while their real secrets threaten to tear them apart.
Dr. Daphne West deals in absolutes: pressure, temperature, and time. After years of labor, she finally achieves the impossible: a synthetic red diamond created through massive plastic deformation. But her scientific triumph becomes a lethal liability when corporate mercenaries breach her lab. Her only hope for survival is Kian Vance, the stoic, brooding Head of Asset Recovery who has been her silent shadow for three years.
Kian knows Daphne is the only woman he has ever wanted, and now she is the most hunted person in Europe. To evade a rival corporation's digital net, he initiates Protocol Black, burning their identities and forcing them onto a trans-European run. To cross borders and blend into the high-society crowds of Milan and Vienna, they must adopt a high-stakes cover: a wealthy couple on their honeymoon. But in the intimacy of sleeper trains and hidden safe houses, the performance begins to feel dangerously real.
As the digital noose tightens, Daphne’s scientific genius and Kian’s lethal tradecraft are the only weapons they have left. They must navigate a world of facial recognition and corporate espionage where every pulse is tracked and every move is predicted. In the end, they must decide if they can withstand the crushing pressure of their secrets to forge a love as unbreakable as the diamond that started the war.
The Blurb
Dr. Daphne West deals in absolutes: pressure, temperature, and time. After years of labor, she finally achieves the impossible: a synthetic red diamond created through massive plastic deformation. But her scientific triumph becomes a lethal liability when corporate mercenaries breach her lab. Her only hope for survival is Kian Vance, the stoic, brooding Head of Asset Recovery who has been her silent shadow for three years.
Kian knows Daphne is the only woman he has ever wanted, and now she is the most hunted person in Europe. To evade a rival corporation's digital net, he initiates Protocol Black, burning their identities and forcing them onto a trans-European run. To cross borders and blend into the high-society crowds of Milan and Vienna, they must adopt a high-stakes cover: a wealthy couple on their honeymoon. But in the intimacy of sleeper trains and hidden safe houses, the performance begins to feel dangerously real.
As the digital noose tightens, Daphne’s scientific genius and Kian’s lethal tradecraft are the only weapons they have left. They must navigate a world of facial recognition and corporate espionage where every pulse is tracked and every move is predicted. In the end, they must decide if they can withstand the crushing pressure of their secrets to forge a love as unbreakable as the diamond that started the war.