XaraWritess
When the power goes out, the masks come off.
In a luxury Manhattan high-rise, a city-wide blackout traps two women in a glass-and-steel elevator suspended above the darkness. Summer Larsson, a quiet cybersecurity analyst with a buried past, just wanted to end her shift in peace. Amelia Phillips, a charming "security consultant" with a predator's poise, says she was heading to a client meeting.
But neither of them is exactly who they claim to be.
As hours stretch and conversation deepens, vulnerability flickers in the dark-shared stories, whispered regrets, a stolen kiss. Yet underneath the tension is something far more dangerous than attraction: recognition. Summer's watching Amelia. Amelia's been tracking Summer. One of them is a target. The other, the weapon.
When a hidden alert pings a threat codename-HALO-the game is up. Blades are drawn. Truths are weapons. Love becomes leverage.
Only one of them will walk out when the lights come back on.
Love in the Blackout is a slow-burn psychological thriller that explores the masks we wear, the lies we live by, and the deadly intimacy of two women who might have loved each other-if survival didn't demand betrayal.