Sacrifice: Shadow Syndicate is officially LIVE!
Today feels surreal in the best way—because Sacrifice: Shadow Syndicate is out in the world, ready to meet readers, break hearts, and light a few emotional fires. This book has been living inside me
in little fragments: a soldier with no past, a girl he was never supposed to love, a bond that kept surviving everything meant to destroy it. Today, those pieces are finally woven together into a story I’m wildly proud to share.
💥 A Love Written in Shadows—and Older Than Fate
At its core, Sacrifice: Shadow Syndicate follows two people shaped by trauma, loyalty, and impossible choices:
Shayla Renn jumped from the foster system to the top of the legal world through sheer grit, intelligence, and relentless discipline. She believes in facts, rules, the safety of what can be proven—because life taught her that everything else is fragile.
Matthew Burt wasn’t supposed to have a life at all. Erased by a black-ops program and rebuilt into a living weapon, he exists in the margins—until Shayla is pulled into a war between human power brokers and Vanguardian operatives. To protect her, Matthew has to step out of the shadows… and face everything that ever broke him.
Their connection?
It’s not simple.
It’s not safe.
But it’s the kind of bond that refuses to die.
And that’s where the danger truly begins.
🔥 What You Can Expect
This story brings together everything I love about paranormal romance:
- Fated mates with soul-deep resonance
- High heat and devastating emotional tension
- A broken, protective hero trying to be worthy
- A brilliant heroine who refuses to be intimidated
- Shadow agencies, hidden powers, and political betrayal
- Explosive action sequences (yes, literal explosions)
- Ties to the larger Vanguardian Universe
- And of course…
A love powerful enough to defy destiny
While it’s a standalone, readers of the Beaumonts, Riders, and Hamiltons will spot some familiar faces—including the enigmatic Alexei Volkov, who never shows up anywhere without stirring the pot.
🌌 Why This Story Matters to Me
Matthew and Shayla’s journey is about survival, identity, and what it means to choose your own future—even when the world tries to write one for you.
It’s about:
- the scars we inherit
- the lies we outgrow
- the people who become home
- and the terrifying, beautiful risk of letting yourself be loved
Their story is high stakes, yes—but it’s also deeply human.
📱 Available NOW on Kindle Unlimited!
You can dive into Sacrifice: Shadow Syndicate today on Kindle Unlimited.
If you’ve been craving a story with grit, passion, danger, and heart—this one’s for you.
Thank you to everyone who’s waited, encouraged, asked for updates, or fallen in love with this universe. I can’t wait to hear what you think of Shayla and Matthew’s story.
Now… deep breath. Here we go.
Welcome to the Shadow Syndicate. ✨
🔥 SACRIFICE: SHADOW SYNDICATE — AVAILABLE NOW ON KINDLE UNLIMITED!
He saved her once.
He lost her once.
Now he may have to kill her.
Shayla Renn survived the foster system to become one of the world’s top attorneys—disciplined, brilliant, and convinced the law can protect her from anything. Even the things that shouldn’t exist.
Matthew Burt never knew his real family. He was meant to be a ghost. A soldier remade into a living weapon, erased by the program that broke him. But when Shayla becomes the key to a war between human power brokers and Vanguardian operatives, Matthew is forced out of hiding.
Thrown together again, their connection ignites—dangerous, undeniable, and written in something older than fate. But the closer they get, the clearer one truth becomes:
To save Shayla’s life, Matthew may have to sacrifice his own.
Explosive, heart-wrenching, and unapologetically romantic, Sacrifice: Shadow Syndicate is a story of a soldier’s journey of identity and redemption, a woman’s courage, and a love powerful enough to defy destiny itself. Sacrifice: Shadow Syndicate is a powerful standalone story set in the Vanguardian Universe—a world of secrets, loyalty, and impossible choices.
While it can be read on its own, readers familiar with the Beaumonts, Riders, and Hamiltons will spot familiar faces and hidden connections—including the ever-enigmatic Alexei Volkov
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