Book 3 in US Marshals: Task Force 9 · Dark-edged romantic suspense · Reads as a standalone · Guaranteed HEA
About the book
A Tier-1 sniper who never misses. A stolen ballerina in his crosshairs. One rule about to break.
Dax Calloway keeps the world at twelve hundred yards. Task Force 9's deadliest sniper hunts the Consortium — a global trafficking syndicate — from the shadows. His rule is simple: distance keeps people alive. Attachment gets them killed.
Then he looks through his scope and sees her.
Lily is a ballerina, stolen from her life and locked in a subterranean compound beneath Bangkok. When the extraction goes wrong, Dax doesn't just pull the trigger. He breaks his only rule. He closes the gap.
Now they're off the grid and on the run, the Consortium closing in and the safe options running out. Dax is as dangerous as the men hunting them — but his icy exterior hides a primal devotion. He doesn't just want to protect Lily. He wants to keep her.
And for the first time in her life, she wants to let him.
Tropes, heat and content notes
- Tropes: touch her and you die, protector romance, military sniper hero, morally gray hero, forced proximity, on the run, grumpy and sunshine, virgin heroine, obsessed hero
- Heat: explicit, high heat
- Point of view: dual first person, present tense, Lily and Dax
- Ending: a happily ever after, with no cliffhanger
- Content notes: abduction, violence, intense action. Adults 18+.
Where it fits in the series
WRAITH is book 3 of 6 in US Marshals: Task Force 9.
- Before it: CIPHER: Lethal Algorithm (book 2).
- After it: ROOK: Lethal Deception (book 4).
Questions readers ask
Can I read WRAITH as a standalone?
Yes. Dax and Lily's story is complete in this book. Characters from the earlier books show up, and you'll recognize them if you started with book 1.
How spicy is WRAITH?
It's explicit, with high heat.
Does WRAITH end on a cliffhanger?
No. Dax and Lily get their happily ever after.
Is WRAITH in Kindle Unlimited?
Yes. Every book in US Marshals: Task Force 9 is in Kindle Unlimited.