Caught in the Sights

When Seattle Times food critic Claire Lalanne lands in Cannes to research her next cookbook, she expects sun-drenched markets, Provençal flavors, and a peaceful escape. What she gets instead is a front-row seat to a triple assassination-and a one-way ticket into a deadly underworld. Unwittingly entangled with the Russian Mafia, Claire becomes the target of a ruthless killer. But when the assassin, Eric Manet, spares her life, their fates become dangerously intertwined. Haunted by his past and driven by revenge, Eric never expected to feel again-until Claire. From the glittering Riviera to the rainy streets of Seattle, Claire and Eric are swept into a high-stakes game of cat and mouse. As bullets fly and secrets unravel, love blooms in the shadows of danger. But with a vengeful enemy closing in, survival may come at the ultimate cost. A pulse-pounding romantic thriller about second chances, buried trauma, and the courage to fight for love-even when the world is burning down around you.