Dangerous Game — Lisa Hughey

A blind date with a sexy double agent on a covert mission…what could possibly go wrong?

Barb Williams is on the blind date from hell. She realizes she's being used as a decoy, but before she can ditch her sexy date, the embassy party they are attending is crashed by terrorists.

Ken Park is on a very personal covert mission to uncover the intel that will exonerate his father, but his exotic, sensual, distracting date is messing with his focus.

When masked mercenaries take over the embassy party, can Barb and Ken overcome their trust issues and band together to save the day?

Dangerous Game is the fourth installment in the Black Cipher Files series. This is a shorter work than the original trilogy (about half the length of Blowback, Betrayals, and Burned)

The Black Cipher Files is a fast-paced, edgy romance and espionage series that features hot, alpha heroes and kick-ass heroines, working to uncover long-buried secrets from the past so they can save their future.

More in the Black Cipher Files series:

BLOWBACK
Years ago, Jamie Hunt sacrificed everything to keep her sister protected and safe. Now she lives alone, works alone, survives alone. When a covert mission goes horribly wrong, she can trust no one.
On the trail of a missing teenager, private investigator Lucas Goodman's investigation leads him to Jamie. Despite her attempts to ditch him, Lucas tenaciously shadows Jamie, realizing he doesn't just want information...he wants her.
When Jamie's sister is in danger, Jamie is forced to team up with Lucas. Together they must expose the connection between agents' murders, a missing teenager, and a sixty-year-old government conspiracy.

BETRAYALS
Staci Grant is dead. Jordan Ramirez saw the photographs, but he refuses to believe. His missing lover is the best CIA officer in the field. Now Jordan must find Staci and convince her that trusting him means the difference between staying alive or staying dead.
Staci has been betrayed. Captured, imprisoned and tortured, it took all her skills to escape. Now she is determined to uncover who set her up and why, a mission that leaves no room for trust.
When Jordan finds her, he won't take no for an answer, and together they desperately race to unravel a decades' old secret. But each revelation brings fresh betrayals that threaten their love and their lives.

BURNED
Zeke Hawthorne, a programmer and hacker at the NSA, is in trouble. Under investigation to make sure had hasn't divulged national secrets, he's sent on a boondoggle. All he has to do is keep an eye on Sunshine, from afar, and make sure she's safe.
Sunshine Smith's entire world was blown apart thirteen years ago when her obsessive stepfather killed her grandparents. She and her mother went into hiding to escape. For years they've been safe…until now.
When Sunshine is threatened, Zeke cannot keep his distance. Only danger and betrayal are coming for Zeke too. Zeke and Sunshine must combine forces to stay one step ahead of the peril that stalks them, but trust between two people who grew up without faith is a difficult bond to form.