SUSAN: The Last Clue | A Romantic Thriller | Novella (The Shorties Romance Collection)

SUSAN The Last Clue A Romantic Thriller

SUSAN: I decode the world’s most complex ciphers, but nothing in my career prepared me for this—a cryptic note falling from the pages of a rare book. A note signed with a single letter: E. There’s only one person it could be from. Ethan Park. The man who vanished from my life five years ago, leaving me with nothing but unanswered questions and a heart that never fully healed.

Now, he’s back, standing in the shadows of San Francisco’s Pier 39, looking just as dangerous—and just as irresistible—as I remember. He tells me he’s on the run, that he’s uncovered something deadly, and that I am the only one who can help him crack the code.

I should walk away. I should tell him he lost that right years ago. But the moment the bullets start flying, I realize something terrifying—I’m already part of this mystery. And the only way out… is through him.

ETHAN: Five years ago, I let Susan go. I had my reasons—good ones. But I never stopped thinking about her. Now, with a target on my back and a story too dangerous to keep buried, she’s the only person in the world I can trust.

I thought I was prepared to face her again. I was wrong. The moment our eyes meet, the past crashes into the present, threatening to pull me under. But there’s no time for regrets. Philip Kwan, one of the most powerful men in Silicon Valley, is willing to kill to keep his secrets locked away. And unless Susan and I decipher the truth hidden in these encrypted files, we’ll be next.

She doesn’t trust me. I don’t blame her. But the fire between us? It never died. And now, with danger closing in, I don’t know what’s more dangerous—the people hunting us, or the way she still makes me feel.

A heart-pounding romantic thriller filled with secrets, betrayal, and a second chance at love neither of them saw coming. The biggest risk isn’t cracking the code—it’s trusting each other again.