Black Tie Protocol

In a world where power wears tailored suits and secrets are worth more than lives, trust is the most dangerous currency of all.

Alex Black used to believe in plans. In control. In doing things clean. Now he protects people he despises just to survive.

Until one night in Monaco forces him face-to-face with the woman he once ruined.

Valentina DeLuca is brilliant, ruthless, and untouchable. An international art thief who steals from the systems designed to crush everyone else. She hates Alex for what he took from her. He doesn't trust her enough to look away.

When a billionaire tech mogul pulls them into a deadly game of blackmail and surveillance, they're given an impossible choice: work together...or lose everything.

Forced into a world of glass skyscrapers, offshore vaults, and high stakes galas, Alex and Val must rely on each other while pretending they don't.

Whispered arguments. Near misses behind locked doors. Betrayals that cut deeper than bullets.

Because the real threat isn't the man hunting them.

It's what happens if one of them decides to walk away.