Ash & Emerald

Dr. Ember Cole has a life she understands.

A respected career. A close family. A faith that grounds her. A boyfriend who feels like home.

Then one late night in a Miami alley, she sees something she was never meant to see: a man on his knees, a gun in another man's hand, and a pair of emerald-green eyes that lock onto hers the moment the shot is fired.

Matias Cruz is powerful, dangerous, and rumored to be far more than the polished businessman the world applauds. Ember knows what she saw.

Matias knows she saw it.

She should have gone to the police.

He should have made sure she never had the chance.

Instead, silence stretches between them. Curiosity turns into obsession. Fear turns into something far more complicated. And when the life Ember built begins to collide with the world Matias controls, both of them will have to decide what they are willing to protect-and what they are willing to become.

A closed-door romantic suspense with organized crime, moral tension, faith, danger, and slow-burn emotional intensity.

Content Note: This story contains violence, organized crime elements, faith themes, romantic tension, kissing, and mature emotional conflict. Intimacy is closed-door/fade-to-black. There are no explicit sexual scenes.