No Matter the Cost (Unsanctioned #2)
Anna Hackett
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
4.40
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 5 ratings · 302 pages · Published: 27 Jan 2026
Bastian
I came from nothing and became known as the Reaper. The most feared CIA assassin in the business. Then I retired, faked my death, and now spend my time running my casino.
But there’s one part of my past I can’t let go—the tiny female assassin who’s vowed to kill me.
We were mentored by the same man, a man we both considered a father, but there’s nothing brotherly about what I feel for
Lark.
Now, we’re enemies and she won’t rest until I’m dead.
I won’t rest until she’s mine.
Lark
I have one mission—kill Bastian Thorne.
I lost everything when my parents were murdered. Until a grizzled CIA agent took me in and molded me into a deadly assassin.
Then Bastian executed him.
My plan: infiltrate Bastian’s luxurious life and take him down. But he proves hard to kill and forces me to face an ugly, tangled truth.
Secrets from my past collide with my blood-drenched present. I find myself in the sights of a dangerous killer. One with twisted reasons for wanting me dead.
Now, the only man I can trust is my enemy.
But I know getting close to Bastian is the biggest risk of all.
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The 'Unsanctioned' series
4.42 · 20 ratings
length-medium · explicit-open-door · usa · military · in-his-30s · first-person-pov · bad boys · suspense · competent heroine · contemporary · m-f · dual-pov · late-20s-fmc · nevada · standalone · graphic-violence · standalone-first · death · first-in-series · tortured heroine
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