Bidding on the Geek. Blades and Shadows, #1

A Ninja Romance She thought she was bidding on a shy IT geek. She never expected the ninja hiding behind the glasses. Charlotte Barnes raises her paddle at a charity bachelor auction, expecting a harmless evening and a good story to tell later. What she wins instead is Diego Morales-known publicly as mild-mannered tech consultant Kiro Yoshida. Quiet. Observant. Impossible to read. What Charlotte doesn't know is that Kiro is deep undercover.
His mission is simple: infiltrate a company, copy its proprietary software, and disappear without leaving a trace. No witnesses. No attachments. Then Charlotte notices him. Her curiosity pulls her closer to a world built on secrecy and shadow wars between rival ninja clans. The stolen data Kiro carries has already made him a target-and anyone too close to him becomes collateral damage. Including her.
Now Kiro faces a choice he was never trained to make. Follow the orders of the clan that raised him. or protect the woman whose warmth cuts through the cold discipline of his life. Because in the ninja world, love is never just love. It's leverage. And someone is willing to kill for it. Steamy, suspenseful, and layered with secret identities, Bidding on the Geek blends espionage, romance, and deadly ninja politics into a story where falling in love may be the most dangerous move of all.