Sins of The soil

The past doesn't wash away. It buries you alive.

On the surface, Alistair Thorne is nothing more than a rugged, reclusive landowner overseeing Blackwood Estate, a sprawling fifty-thousand-acre agricultural empire in the heart of the Wiltshire countryside. At forty-five, he has poured his towering physical strength and every waking hour into the ancient English dirt, using backbreaking labor to silence the horrific nightmares of his past life. Once, he was known in the world's darkest corners as a lethal mercenary commander-a shadow operative the militias whispered about as The Farmer of Pain. For fifteen years, his wealth, his isolation, and his fierce devotion to his daughter, Lily, have been his fortress.

Until she walks into his barn.

Zuri is a vision of breathtaking, dangerous grace. Striding out of the Wiltshire mist with a glossy cascade of midnight-black hair and eyes burning with a fierce, lethal focus, she has spent three years and a small fortune tracking the legendary soldier to his sanctuary. She isn't looking for a savior; she's looking for a weapon. Her family was slaughtered in the blood-soaked conflicts of East Africa by Victor Vance, a rogue, aristocratic intelligence operative. Now, Zuri wants vengeance, and she knows only one man brutal enough to help her harvest it.

The moment Zuri steps into Alistair's world, a volatile, intoxicating attraction ignites between them-a raw, primal gravity that threatens to shatter his carefully constructed defenses. But before they can yield to the suffocating heat pulling them together, the wolves arrive at the gate. Vance has tracked her to Wiltshire, bringing a highly trained tactical hit squad to erase Alistair and seize Zuri's family secrets.

As Blackwood Estate transforms from a peaceful sanctuary into a high-tech kill box, Alistair and Zuri are forced into a desperate, bloody stand. Bound by a shared enemy and an undeniable, white-hot passion, they must survive the night. But in the fog-drenched fields of Wiltshire, secrets run as deep as the roots, and both will learn that the bloodiest crops are grown from the sins of the soil.