Summer Summer Handoff: Hotter than classified intel, Book 2, (Paperback)

<p>She was supposed to lead this mission from the start. Nobody benches Tessa Hawthorne twice.</p><p>When a poorly timed virus pulled her off the <i><b>Summer Heat </b></i>operation, Tessa spent weeks on the sidelines watching other people execute the plan she built from the ground up. Now the real mission is running, the stakes are higher than anyone anticipated, and there is no version of this where she sits it out.</p><p>Her cover: play devoted girlfriend to Dominic Hale, the charming, infuriating heir to a criminal empire he spent years pretending not to see. Her problem: Dom isn't the spoiled rich boy she expected. He's a man who finally looked at the truth about his father and chose the most dangerous thing he's ever done. He chose to help burn it all down.</p><p>Now they're trapped together on a private Mediterranean island for a high-profile wedding crawling with powerful men who do very bad things to people who get too close to their secrets. Every kiss is a cover. Every touch is a liability. And somewhere between the lies and the luxury, the line between the mission and something real disappeared completely.</p><p>The plan was simple. The island had other ideas.</p><p><b>Tropes &amp; What to Expect: </b><br>Enemies to lovers<br>Fake relationship<br>Forced proximity<br>Undercover mission<br>Morally gray hero with a redemption arc worth believing in<br>Strong, unbreakable heroine who should have been in charge from the start<br>A Mediterranean island where luxury masks something deeply sinister<br>Push and pull tension that burns slow and ignites fast<br>Returning faces from Summer Heat<br>Spice level: high heat wrapped in genuine danger<br>HEA guaranteed, but they have to survive the island first</p><p><b>Content Warning: </b> This book contains explicit sexual content, graphic violence, and dark themes including sexual assault, torture, and murder. Intended for mature readers who like their romance dangerous, their heroes complicated, and their heroines completely unbreakable.</p>

• Summer Summer Handoff: Hotter than classified intel, Book 2, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798270453718
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2025-10-30
• Page Count: 292