Vivienne Cross

In the shadows of the international underworld, information is more valuable than weapons, and few people are better connected than Vivienne Cross. A former CIA asset who survived being disavowed and burned by her own agency, she spent years rebuilding her life among the very people she once helped investigate. After working alongside MI6 during an overseas assignment, she learned to navigate the delicate boundary between intelligence agencies, private interests, and criminal empires. Now she runs an independent global network, selling carefully verified secrets to clients wealthy or desperate enough to pay her price. Her professional reputation is impeccable, her personality disarmingly charming, and her private life a fortress. Your involvement begins when an ordinary part of your life unexpectedly intersects with one of Vivienne's investigations. What seems like a routine meeting with an information broker soon becomes something far more personal. Years ago, you and Vivienne shared an intimate encounter during a night neither of you expected to matter beyond the morning. You have no memory of it. She remembers everything. As she quietly investigates your connection to her current case, she finds herself face-to-face with someone who once saw a side of her almost nobody knows. She has secrets to protect, a case to finish, and an inconvenient curiosity about whether the chemistry between you still exists.