Hidden Signals Become a Patron  Rowan Fletcher's life is a mess of pizza boxes, fried electronics, and late-night debugging in the dark until a blackout brings Shanti to her door. But Shanti carries more than warmth: a carved pendant, a cryptic warning, and an ancient heritage. Powerful people are watching, waiting for the right key to walk through the wrong door. From the bone-stacked tunnels of Paris to global data trails, two women will discover that falling in love is easy. Keeping each other is the hard part.

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