Echoes of Awkward

He's a lethal assassin with a frozen heart. She's a chaotic botanist who just wants to keep her ferns alive. When the universe decides they are soulmates, the results are explosive. Julian Graves is the Ghost of Sector Four. He is a highly trained, emotionless operative who measures his life in body counts and tactical advantages. He does not believe in the soulmate bond, and he certainly does not have time for the sudden, mortifying telepathic visions of a clumsy woman singing to a houseplant. Hazel Evans is a brilliant, entirely disorganized scientist working at the Royal Conservatory. She talks to her orchids, trips over flat surfaces, and is currently trying to survive a surprise security audit. When Julian is assigned to protect Hazel from a ruthless syndicate desperate for her classified research, his carefully constructed, icy world shatters. He is supposed to be her invisible shield, but the soulmate bond has other plans, exposing their deepest, most embarrassing secrets to each other at the worst possible moments. Trapped together in a concrete bunker, dodging sniper fire, and navigating a deadly conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of government, Julian must face his most terrifying mission yet: letting someone in. Can a hardened killer learn to love? Or will the secrets of Sector Four bury them both? Echoes of Awkward is a slow-burn, high-stakes romantic thriller filled with grumpy/sunshine banter, forced proximity, and an action-packed fight for survival.