Black Rose

Eight years of marriage. Two beautiful children. One deadly lie.

To the world, Ethan Song is the youngest Commissioner-General of the People's Police in Beijing, and his wife, Annie Zhang, is a gentle, dedicated pediatrician. To the public, they are the picture-perfect couple. But behind Annie's sweet smile lies a dark past: she is Rose 18, a top-tier operative for the lethal Black Rose syndicate, forced to act as a mole inside her own husband's household to protect her unborn twins.

When Black Rose demands the blueprints to Ethan's most dangerous anti-cartel operation, Annie is forced to execute a midnight heist against the man she loves. But before the dust can settle, a rogue rescue mission leads to a fatal twin identity swap. Targeted by assassin bullets meant for Annie, her estranged twin sister-Vice President Anne Cruz of the Philippines-is murdered and plunged into the Beijing River.

Declared dead to her family, Annie has no choice but to step into her late sister's shoes, taking on the identity of Vice President-and soon, President of the Philippines.

Months later, President Anne Cruz returns to Beijing for a high-stakes diplomatic summit. Assigned as her chief of security is Commissioner Ethan Song-a man broken by grief, wearing a black armband for his deceased wife.

When an assassin strikes during the State Gala, President Cruz instinctively neutralizes the attacker using a precise, surgical pressure-point strike-a move only one woman in the world knew.

Now, caught in a high-wire game of political denial, graveyard clues, and deadly intrigue, Ethan must uncover the truth: Is the woman leading a nation a stranger... or the wife he buried?