THE ESPIONAGE EFFECT is a STANDALONE, FULL-LENGTH, ACTION-ADVENTURE ROMANCE. When desire sets you free...control is a matter of perception. I'm Devin Hill. Darkness taints my soul. I'm suffocating. Drowning. The sweet promise of air? Pure illusion. Tested as a genius at age seven, I hide my emotions, become what they expect...bury my secrets. At nineteen, I trudge toward a predestined path, blinders on, heart safeguarded. Until I dare to be wild. Until Alec Marquez crashes into my world. Until all that follows redefines everything I've ever known. What happens when you stumble into a world of...

Kiki Michaelson wants one wild night to forget her starving-artist worries. Simple.

Only instead of Darren Cole becoming her one-night stand, he taunts her with a challenge. Then while she's trying to best him at his own game, he turns out to be the last thing she's prepared for: someone she wants to keep.

Which means all he can ever be...is a friend.

Darren Cole never allows a girl to get close--not close enough to matter.

Then storms in Kiki Michaelson, a beautiful, fearless temptation that rocks his world off-balance. But he...