The Sun Ledger: An Archaelogical Adventure Romance. The Meridian Arc Trilogy, #1

Dr. Elena Marquez has spent years trying to prove her vanished father was not a disgraced dreamer chasing a myth. When a hidden clue pulls her into the Peruvian jungle, Elena expects danger, ruins, and answers buried beneath centuries of silence. She does not expect Gabriel Cross, a guarded former operative with secrets of his own and a talent for appearing exactly where she least wants him. Their uneasy alliance leads them toward Paititi, a lost city whispered about in forbidden journals, erased expedition records, and the final notes Elena's father left behind.
But the deeper Elena and Gabe push into the jungle, the clearer one truth becomes: the Sun Ledger is not a treasure map. It is a record of something far more powerful. A shadow network known as the Meridian Trust has hunted the Ledger for generations, not for gold, but for the knowledge it protects. Whoever controls it can control what history remembers, what the world forgets, and who gets to survive the truth when it finally comes to light.
With mercenaries closing in, ancient mechanisms awakening, and Elena's father's fate tied to a conspiracy larger than she imagined, Elena and Gabe must decide how much they can trust each other before the jungle decides for them. Because Paititi was never lost. It was hidden. And once the Sun Ledger opens, history will no longer stay silent. The Sun Ledger is a cinematic archaeological adventure romance packed with lost cities, ancient secrets, dangerous attraction, jungle peril, and a conspiracy that stretches far beyond one buried ruin.