Target Acquired

She was just the team liaison who occasionally joined them for ops on the ground.

He was the new guy on the team with a bad reputation that followed his last name.

It's just a small crush, he told himself when he got into a relationship — but he's lying to himself. He's fully in love with her.

She saw him as just another teammate, until she started to notice the stares from him — and admitted he was cute. But she wouldn't date a teammate. It always ends badly well she's heard.

Lena Zhou Bennett has spent years walking the tightrope between CIA precision and Bravo Team chaos. Combat-trained, multilingual, and emotionally armored, Lena is the agency's sharpest asset—trusted by Jason Hayes, respected by Ray Perry, and able to outshoot most men on the field.

Clay Spenser has always lived in the shadow of expectations—his father's legacy, his own mistakes, and the name that carried both pride and trouble. He's a soldier who fights to prove himself, not for recognition, but for redemption. Rules matter to him, but Lena makes him want to break every one. She challenges him, frustrates him, and sees through him in ways no one else does.

He's not sure when admiration turned into something deeper, but now it's too late. Because when it comes to Lena Zhou Bennett—he's already all in.