Protocol: Hunt: A Rivals-to-Lovers Heist Romance (The Garrison Protocols #4)
Sloane Mercer
Xander "Glitch" Thorne sees the world in code.
People are variables. Emotions are errors. As the reclusive genius behind The Garrison’s cyber-security, he controls the digital battlefield from the safety of his monitors. He is the invisible hand, the voice in the ear, the man who never leaves the shadows.
Until a ghost triggers a silent alarm in his sanctuary.
Sophie Rinaldi doesn't exist on paper.
She’s a whisper in the dark, a master thief who can bypass biometric locks as easily as she breathes. She isn’t stealing for greed; she’s stealing to save her dying sister from a debt that can never be paid. Breaking into Xander’s subterranean server farm was supposed to be the final job.
Instead, it was a trap.
Xander doesn't arrest the intruder who outsmarted his firewall. He weaponizes her. He recognizes a fellow apex predator—someone with the analog skills to match his digital lethality. He offers her a deal: help him pull off an impossible heist to destroy the corrupt conspiracy known as "The Architect," and he’ll wipe her debt from existence.
Order meets Chaos. Logic meets Instinct.
Forced into a partnership that terrifies them both, Xander and Sophie must infiltrate high-society galas and black-site vaults. But the closer they get to the target, the harder it becomes to keep their hands off each other. Sophie is the glitch Xander can’t debug, and for the first time, he’s realizing that some risks are worth the crash.
When the enemy targets Sophie, the man who lives in the virtual world will have to step into the physical one to save her. And God help anyone who touches her, because Xander Thorne won't just kill them...
He’ll delete their entire existence.
Features:
- Competence Porn (He owns the net, she owns the streets)
- Rivals-to-Lovers with high-stakes banter
- Grumpy Tech Genius x Chaos Demon Thief
- "Touch Her and Die" (Intellectual Variant)
- Heist Crew Dynamics & Found Family
Protocol: Hunt is the fourth standalone novel in The Garrison Protocols series. Expect a dual POV, high-octane suspense, and a cerebral, steamy romance where the smartest person in the room is the only one who can steal your heart.
