Human traffickers call me The Viper. And I know their world like the back of my hand. I should—I’m a former sex slave. In truth, my name is Lily Williams. #1 Agent for Interpol’s Human Trafficking Taskforce. My team hunts and infiltrates human trafficking rings. I kill the sick son-of-a-bitches that run those rings. For ten years, that’s all I’ve known. It’s all I care about. Saving slaves and working my way through the underground trafficking network until I find the ring that owned me as a child—and killing every last person associated with them. At least, that was my goal until my unit was assigned to protect Blake Mason, Baltimore Businessman and the East Coast’s Most Eligible Bachelor. Falling in love with him was the last thing on my mind, but it happened. After finding out that the human traffickers hunting him are the same ones that once owned me—I’m torn into pieces. I don’t know if I can give up the revenge I’ve waited a lifetime for in order to have a future loving a man that I don’t deserve…especially when loving me could be the one thing that actually gets him killed.

A year ago, I met and lost the love of my life. I lost Blake the day Interpol faked my death—but we didn’t have another choice. The human traffickers after him had the upper hand, and I needed to buy us time. Time to hunt them, time to kill them, and time to make the people I love safe again. But a year apart does a lot to a person. Especially when it’s based on the biggest lie I’ve ever told. The entire team is on lockdown at a safe house in and on top of them all wanting to kick my ass for leaving, I’m still tasked with hunting down human traffickers on the side. Interpol doesn’t care if my relationship goes to hell, so long as I do my job. In this life, nothing is safe though, not when the enemies are closer than we ever realized. For the first time in my life, the good guys and the bad guys look exactly the same, and this entire team is about to lose more than the job is worth. To make matters worse, it turns out the real villain is someone who knows all our tricks . . . and the one person, I’m not sure I have the heart to kill—because I don’t know what to do now that the enemy is family.

Twelve years of my life was dedicated to hunting human traffickers for Interpol—and now, I’m officially retired. As the new Mrs. Mason, the only titles I have to pay attention to are wife and mother, and I’ve never been more proud to be something. Blake and I finally got everything we wanted. The fight through Hell for the past two years, all the pain, heartache, and loss led us to walking down the isle of his childhood church. I’m finally getting a life better than anything I could ever have dreamed up. Someone like me should never be too content though, lest their enemies see that as the perfect time to strike. When sh\*t goes completely sideways during my honeymoon, I don’t have a choice but to get back in the fray because someone is playing with fire and takes the one thing that no one should ever lay their hands on—my daughter. Interpol has no hold on us now and my team and I are going to find her, and whoever took her better hope she’s okay when we do because if not, I’ll unleash pain on them that makes cartels and traffickers look like preschoolers. Little do I know that saving her means sacrificing others . . . but Sorina is my life. If anyone thinks I won’t do whatever it takes to bring her home to her father, then clearly they’ve forgotten who the f\\k I am . . . I am the Viper, and this time, we’re taking these SOBs out my way. So, welcome to the snake pit . . . treading lightly won’t save you now.