Steal hearts

**Leather & Light**

Angela Lopez was never supposed to survive.

A child soldier. A military legend. A detective feared by criminals and respected by everyone who knows her name. At only eighteen years old, Angela has already lived a lifetime of battles, carrying scars no one can see and secrets no one is allowed to uncover.

She doesn't trust.
She doesn't forgive.
She doesn't let anyone get close.

Until Lucy Chen walks into her life.

Kind, determined, and stubbornly hopeful, Lucy believes everyone has something worth saving-even the people who have forgotten how to save themselves. She sees past Angela's reputation, past the cold stares and the leather jacket, and finds the broken girl hiding underneath the legend.

But Angela has spent years building walls for a reason.

Because the ghosts of her past are still hunting her.

And when secrets buried in classified files begin to surface, Angela will have to choose between the armor that kept her alive...

...and the one person brave enough to show her she doesn't have to fight alone.

**Fear made Angela Lopez untouchable.
Kindness might be the only thing strong enough to break her.**