Targeted: Best Friends-to-More, Slow-Burn, Clean Romantic Suspense

Investigative journalist Savannah Blake swore she was done chasing after hard-hitting stories. But when her former sources start turning up threatened—or silenced—she’s dragged back into a world where the news is engineered and the truth has a body count.

Elijah, a covert counter-espionage operative, discovers a joint Russian–Chinese propaganda machine seeding disinformation through compromised media outlets. His only way in is Savannah—the woman with fingerprints on the story and a target on her back.

As Savannah and Elijah close on the architects of the network, heat sparks between them—dangerous, undeniable, and exactly what their enemies will exploit. To dismantle the machine, they’ll have to outmaneuver a hydra of front companies, burn the lies to the ground, and risk the one thing they can’t control: their hearts. Because the final play won’t just decide the story—it will decide who gets to tell it.

Tropes:

Second-Chance

Best Friends to Lovers

Best Friends to More

Slow-Burn

Protective Hero/ Protector Hero

Found Family

Undercover Mission

Redemption

Race Against Time

Espionage

Alpha Male