Some ghosts refuse to stay buried. Some women are worth dying for.

He's a ghost.

Mason "Ghost" Blackwood earned his call sign by vanishing in plain sight—a deadly skill that saved lives and ended threats. After losing everything that mattered, he chose isolation in the Montana wilderness with only his war dogs for company. No attachments. No complications. No one left to lose.

Until the blizzard brings her to his door.

She's running for her life.

Willow Reynolds escaped her abusive federal judge husband with evidence that could destroy him—and a body covered in bruises to prove his cruelty. Racing through a Montana snowstorm with professional killers on her trail, she crashes near a remote cabin where a dangerous stranger offers the one thing she's forgotten how to accept: protection.

Mason should walk away. Should stay dead to the world. But one look at the fierce, broken woman seeking shelter and his protective instincts roar to life. When her husband's mercenaries close in, Mason calls in his team of elite operatives—because some things are worth breaking cover for.

Willow has spent three years learning to survive. Now she has to learn to trust—the hardest lesson of all. Mason's dominance should terrify her after what she's endured, but his controlled strength feels like sanctuary instead of threat.

One cabin. One storm. One chance at redemption.

Trapped together by a blizzard and united by a common enemy, Mason and Willow discover that healing isn't just about surviving—it's about learning to live again. He shows her what protection should feel like. She shows him what he's been missing in his self-imposed exile.

But her husband won't stop hunting. The evidence she carries threatens powerful men with everything to lose. And Mason's past is about to collide with their future in ways that could destroy them both.

In the frozen wilderness where ghost stories are born, two damaged souls will discover that sometimes the most dangerous thing isn't what's hunting you—it's what you're willing to do to protect what you love.

Because this ghost isn't staying buried. Not when she needs him.

From USA Today bestselling author Ellie Masters comes book one of the Cerberus Security Series—the perfect entry point, with no cliffhanger.

Perfect for fans of protective military romance, snowbound forced proximity, and wounded heroes who heal through love.

Ghost is a full-length, high-heat romantic suspense novel featuring: a dominant alpha hero with a haunted past; a survivor heroine finding her strength; protective military romance; only one bed in a snowbound cabin; emotional healing through trust and surrender; war dogs who steal your heart; an elite security team to the rescue; guaranteed soul-deep HEA.