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The Blackwood Exception For six years, Bailey Sinclair has protected the Blackwood Organisation. They’ve never met her. At twenty-seven, Bailey is the founder of Sinclair Security, one of London’s most sought-after private security companies. She protects politicians, celebrities, billionaires and powerful families—and somehow managed to become one of the most respected names in the industry without ever stepping into the spotlight. The Blackwoods have been one of her oldest clients. They just assumed Bailey Sinclair was a sixty-year-old former SAS operative. They couldn’t have been more wrong. When the Blackwood Organisation expands and their security contract comes up for renewal, Bailey finally sits in on the meeting. Charlie Blackwood, head of the family empire, expects another routine negotiation. Instead, he meets the woman who has been protecting his family for years. She’s beautiful. Immaculate. Completely unimpressed by his reputation. And absolutely unwilling to treat him like anything other than a client. Charlie is used to people fearing him. Bailey doesn’t. She doesn’t want his money, his power or his name. She built an empire of her own long before she ever met him. But as Sinclair Security becomes more deeply involved in the Blackwood organisation, Bailey finds herself spending more time around Charlie and his brothers. Professional boundaries begin to blur. Friendship becomes something else. And Charlie discovers that the one thing he can’t control is the woman who has spent years making sure everyone else stays safe. Because Bailey Sinclair was never supposed to become part of the Blackwood world. And Charlie Blackwood was never supposed to fall for his security provider.