Blood Code

In Blood Code, the hunt becomes more dangerous as the line between enemy and obsession begins to disappear. For years, the woman known as the Ghost has existed as a shadow in the Russian underworld. She is hunting Severin Volkov, a man whose name belongs on her list of targets. Yet as she gets closer to completing her mission, her feelings become harder to separate from the hatred that once drove her. Severin faces a threat of his own. Evidence points to a mysterious woman who should not exist, while someone inside his organization appears to be feeding information to their enemies. Each new discovery reveals another deception, leaving him uncertain about whom he can trust. As both characters follow their separate trails, their searches begin to overlap. Old secrets emerge, loyalties fracture, and the possibility that the person being hunted may also be the person worth protecting becomes increasingly difficult to ignore. Hazel St. Lewis combines mafia power struggles with a female serial-killer protagonist, enemies-to-lovers tension, and an obsessive romantic dynamic. The story develops the conflict introduced in the first installment while expanding the danger surrounding its central characters. This book is suited to adult readers who enjoy dark contemporary romance, Russian mafia settings, morally complicated protagonists, suspense, and intense romantic conflict. It is the second book in Fury Verse: Volume 1, so reading the preceding installment, Black Ledger, is recommended for the continuing story.