Leverage

Ella Hayes was supposed to be a bargaining chip.
Kidnapped to settle a debt, held in a remote cabin, and abandoned by the only man who ever should have protected her, she becomes collateral in a war she didn't start.

Kane took the job for the money.
One clean extraction. One rich man forced to pay. Then he would disappear again, just like he always did.

But Ella isn't what he expected.
She's sharper. Stronger. Invisible in all the ways that matter — and seeing straight through him.

When her father refuses to pay and powerful enemies close in, Kane makes a choice that will cost him everything: he keeps her alive.

On the run across Australia, hunted by men who don't forgive and don't forget, survival means trust.
Trust means proximity.
And proximity turns into something neither of them can afford.

Because Ella isn't just a hostage anymore.
She's his partner. His leverage. His only way out.

And if they want a future, they'll have to destroy the past that's coming for them.

He took her for ransom.
He saved her for love.

LEVERAGE is a high-stakes, emotional romantic suspense about captivity, survival, and choosing each other when the world is burning down.