Where coffee is comfort and secrets run deep, every step is dangerous ground…

He walked away from the underworld. She walked away from her future. But some pasts refuse to stay buried.

Blaise Calder has made a name for himself as a private investigator with a shadowy past and a ruthless reputation. Once heir to a powerful crime family, he left the life behind—until the sins of the Calder name drag him back in. When a case too personal to refuse lands on his desk, the trail leads him straight to a hospital café... and to her.

Josephine Kavanaugh was supposed to be a rising star in medicine—until one mistake shattered everything. Now, she runs a quiet coffee shop tucked inside a trauma hospital, serving comfort by the cupful and hiding from the wreckage of her past. She knows who Blaise is... and she knows better than to get involved with dangerous men.

But danger doesn't wait for permission.

When their worlds collide, a slow-burning connection ignites between two broken souls. What begins as reluctant partnership unravels a decades-old conspiracy, buried secrets, and a tangled web of lies tied to Josie's family. And just when trust begins to bloom, a betrayal years in the making threatens to tear them apart—forever.

Dark. Emotional. Addictive.

Dangerous Grounds is a gripping romantic thriller about loyalty, legacy, and the cost of redemption.