Slick And Sunder

There is a depth below which rescue becomes irrelevant. You stop counting the fathoms, you stop looking up, you learn to breathe in the dark, and you call the drowning love.

Federal safety inspector Paloma Cross boards Platform Leviathan deep in the Gulf of Mexico, fully prepared to shut down the decaying rig and destroy its operator, Killian Dune, in retaliation for her father's death. Killian is a stubborn, morally grey survivor clinging to his family's ruined legacy, and he sees Paloma as a threat to everything he has left. When a catastrophic Category 2 hurricane slams into the platform, cutting off all communication and power, the rig begins to flood and leak crude oil. Trapped in a claustrophobic, sinking metal cage, the line between enemy and ally washes away. As the danger escalates and the steel groans under the pressure, their toxic suspicion ignites into a fierce, desperate attraction that is just as deadly as the storm outside. In a world stripped down to salt, blood, and survival, they will discover that the real threat isn't the hurricane, but what they are willing to do for each other.