A biotech giant is making witnesses disappear—and Nia Calder's long-missing father is named in its ledger.
To expose the truth, she has to trust the rival journalist who once wrecked her work.

Nia lives for the story no one else can prove. Dorian Kincaid lives to beat her to it. He's infuriating, ruthless, impossible to ignore—and now their editor has forced them onto the same investigation of Acheron Biotech, with a joint byline, shared sources, and nightly strategy sessions in an off-grid motel room.

Their rules are simple: no sabotage. Verify everything. Consent before contact.

The case refuses to stay professional. Fake payments lead to frightened employees, buried clinical secrets, and a trail of surveillance that reaches far beyond one corporation. Then Nia finds her father's name in the evidence, turning the investigation into the question she has spent years refusing to stop asking.

As threats close in and sources become targets, Nia needs a partner who can match her nerve without trying to control it. Dorian is the last man she wants beside her—and the only one relentless enough to keep pace. Every lead sharpens their rivalry. Every close call strips away another excuse for the heat between them. And every truth they uncover makes trust more dangerous.

To bring the story into the light, they'll have to survive the people determined to bury it—and decide whether two enemies can build something stronger than the secrets that made them enemies in the first place.

OBSIDIAN CLAIM is a high-heat contemporary romantic suspense with enemies-to-lovers tension, professional rivalry, forced proximity, sharp banter, a protective hero, a relentless heroine, corporate conspiracy, and a consent-centered romance under pressure.