Guarded by Her First Love

Naya Greene built Magnolia Shield to protect people without surrendering control of her own life. Then a murdered witness leaves evidence that ties a corrupt councilman to Riversend's surveillance network, and the man who once broke Naya's trust returns with federal authority and a truth she cannot ignore.

FBI agent Malcolm Reed never stopped loving her, but keeping Naya alive means confronting the secrecy that ended them. As threats close around her family, her firm, and Greene's Kitchen, Naya and Malcolm must recover the evidence before a powerful redevelopment scheme burns it away.

To survive, they will have to decide whether protection can make room for choice, and whether first love can become a future built on the whole truth.