Rook: Beneath the Surface

Ethan Cole is missing. His last message contained only two words: Find Rook.

Allison Cole refuses to believe her brother is gone. Armed with the one clue he left behind, she tracks down the man he trusted most—Ronan “Rook” Hayes, a former Navy SEAL and elite Blackstone Tactical operative burdened by a past he can’t outrun.

Rook owes Ethan his life. Protecting Allison is the least he can do. But the woman on his doorstep isn’t the little sister he remembers from old stories—she’s relentless, fearless, and dangerously determined to uncover the truth at any cost. Every step closer to Ethan pulls them deeper into a web of threats that never truly disappeared.

As the truth behind Ethan’s disappearance begins to surface, the danger accelerates, and enemies long hidden close in from every side. The closer Allison and Rook get to answers, the higher the stakes climb—and the more impossible it becomes to deny the growing connection between them.

Because some debts are written in blood.
And some secrets were never meant to stay buried.