A Cage of Hearts

There are two broken women. There is one impossible love. And a whole lot of Cold War chaos.

Sloane's been a weapon her whole life, literally. Raised from childhood to be an assassin, she's never known anything except missions, masks, and killing on command. Irina's a KGB analyst with a secret: she's been playing the long game, plotting to take down the system that murdered her father. They should be enemies. They are enemies. But when they meet in a crumbling Prague theatre, something clicks.

Instead of killing each other, they start writing letters. Coded messages, stolen moments, late-night confessions from opposite sides of the Iron Curtain. It's the kind of love that builds over years. But falling for each other is the most dangerous thing they could possibly do, because there's a shadowy group of Cold War fanatics who'd rather watch the world burn than let peace win.

Now Sloane and Irina are running, hiding, and fighting for a future that probably doesn't exist. They've got trust issues, guilt complex, and more emotional baggage than a Soviet train station. But they've also got each other, and for two people who were never supposed to feel anything, that might just be enough.

What to expect:

Slow burn that actually burns

Spies, lies, and suspense

Two disaster lesbians figuring out how to be human

A bittersweet ending that'll stick with you

The cover is made by @gay4marzzschild