DEADLY TIES ( JANJINGJING AU)

Everyone knows Jing Ravencroft.

She's the campus heartthrob-the brilliant student, star athlete, and captain of the cheerleading squad. Confident, beautiful, and seemingly perfect, Jing has always had one favorite target: Jan Valerius, the quiet, awkward nerd who never seems to fight back.

At least, that's what everyone thinks.

Because behind Jan's glasses and unassuming smile is a secret no one at school could ever imagine.

Jan is a killer.

A highly skilled assassin who has been taking paid jobs in the shadows, Jan has mastered the art of appearing harmless. School is simply the perfect place to hide.

Then everything changes.

When Jan's mother and Jing's father fall in love, the two girls are forced into the one relationship neither of them ever expected:

Family.

Jing is furious that the nerd she loves to torment is now her stepsister.

Jan is equally unimpressed by the arrogant cheerleader who has made her school life miserable.

But neither girl knows the truth about the other.

Because Jing has a secret of her own.

Behind the trophies, perfect grades, and dazzling smile is a highly trained secret agent, living a double life and carrying out missions no student should ever know about.

When a dangerous operation brings Jing dangerously close to Jan's hidden world, the two girls begin uncovering secrets that could destroy everything they thought they knew about each other.

Enemies become reluctant allies.

Rivals become partners.

And somewhere between bloodshed, betrayal, and impossible secrets, something far more dangerous begins to grow between them.

Because sometimes the person standing closest to you is the one most capable of destroying you.

And when love becomes tangled with blood...

there may be no way out alive.