Contractual Rescue (The Ironclad Vows #13)

He needed a legal shield to destroy his brother’s killers. She needed a safe haven to survive the night. A fake marriage was the perfect tactical move… until it wasn’t.

Vera Ansari is a former trauma surgeon turned photojournalist with a massive target on her back. When a corrupt defense contractor firebombs her studio to destroy the explosive whistleblower evidence she’s carrying, Vera’s only way out is the dangerous, quiet stranger who pulls her from the flames.

Callum Webb is a retired Special Forces medic, the billionaire inventor of a life-saving clotting matrix, and the founder of a black-ops extraction unit.

He’s spent seven years hunting the ruthless men responsible for his younger brother’s death.

When Vera’s evidence points to the exact same enemy, Callum realizes they share a ghost—and a mission.

To keep her safe from assassins and protect her testimony for a congressional hearing, Callum proposes a radical strategy: a marriage of convenience. The vows will give him emergency legal standing and wrap Vera in the ultimate "publicity armor".

Isolated on Callum’s remote Montana ranch with his elite team, the lines between their fake contract and their undeniable chemistry begin to blur.

But Halcyon hasn’t given up, and they will use every dirty tactic in the book to silence Vera for good.

As the danger closes in, Callum and Vera must decide if their paper marriage can survive a very real war—and whether they are willing to risk their guarded hearts to win it.