Yield Point
To crack the code, she needs a genius; to stay alive, she needs a monster.
Saskia Vane sees the world in patterns, numbers, and colors. But when her brilliant mind decodes a "Ghost Ledger" belonging to a shadow syndicate known as The Erosion, she becomes the most hunted woman on the planet. To save her, Ramsey "Rook" Vanguard—the Vanguard Group’s most formidable fixer—makes a tactical decision that changes everything: he claims her as his wife to grant her total legal and physical protection.
Bound by a hasty marriage and whisked away to The Spire, a brutalist lighthouse isolated off the Washington coast, the two must navigate a storm of forced proximity. While Ramsey is a man of tactical silence and scars, Saskia is a whirlwind of "sunshine" masking deep neurodivergent anxiety. As the Pacific waves crash against their concrete sanctuary, the boundaries between professional protection and personal desire begin to blur, forcing Ramsey to confront the humanity he long ago discarded.
The pressure is rising, and not just from the gale-force winds outside. As they work together to decode the syndicate's final moves, Ramsey must decide if he can let Saskia behind his walls before the enemy breaches theirs. In a high-stakes climax of bullets and betrayal, they will discover that the most dangerous thing about their arrangement isn't the assassins—it's the truth of their feelings.
The Blurb
Saskia Vane sees the world in patterns, numbers, and colors. But when her brilliant mind decodes a "Ghost Ledger" belonging to a shadow syndicate known as The Erosion, she becomes the most hunted woman on the planet. To save her, Ramsey "Rook" Vanguard—the Vanguard Group’s most formidable fixer—makes a tactical decision that changes everything: he claims her as his wife to grant her total legal and physical protection.
Bound by a hasty marriage and whisked away to The Spire, a brutalist lighthouse isolated off the Washington coast, the two must navigate a storm of forced proximity. While Ramsey is a man of tactical silence and scars, Saskia is a whirlwind of "sunshine" masking deep neurodivergent anxiety. As the Pacific waves crash against their concrete sanctuary, the boundaries between professional protection and personal desire begin to blur, forcing Ramsey to confront the humanity he long ago discarded.
The pressure is rising, and not just from the gale-force winds outside. As they work together to decode the syndicate's final moves, Ramsey must decide if he can let Saskia behind his walls before the enemy breaches theirs. In a high-stakes climax of bullets and betrayal, they will discover that the most dangerous thing about their arrangement isn't the assassins—it's the truth of their feelings.