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﹒⌗ ┊ Mark Meachum thought he knew everything about Nathan Blythe. Then a young woman walks into headquarters carrying lunch, calls Nathan "Dad," and turns Mark's entire understanding of the man upside down. Isabela Duarte Blythe never intended to become a distraction. She only wanted to make sure her father was taking care of himself while leading one of the most dangerous investigations of his career. Instead, she finds herself drawn to the detective Nathan trusts almost as much as family. As friendship becomes affection and affection becomes something more, Mark and Isabela must figure out whether a relationship is worth the complications it brings—especially when the most important man in both their lives happens to be Nathan Blythe. A slow-burn romance set during the events of Countdown, featuring age-gap romance, found family, protective fathers, stubborn detectives, and two people discovering that sometimes the most unexpected relationships become the ones that matter most. ‧₊˚