The Apricot Underground (Paperback)

The truth is dangerous, the stakes are personal, and a black-market conspiracy might destroy them for good.

After graduating, Sasha Zatkov imagined building a dream career helping children find homes. But in Sofia, Bulgaria, her struggling adoption agency is on the verge of collapse—until a seductive Greek entrepreneur offers a too-perfect partnership to bypass new laws. Just as success seems within reach, her best friend ropes her into a secret mission across the border… and into the heart of a criminal operation that could destroy everything.

Damon Radov thought a summer work-study in Italy would mean art, pasta, and getting away from life with his girlfriend. Instead, he finds himself lost in a forest and his girlfriend gone. He recruits Sasha to help him, but doesn't expect to find themselves embroiled in an international crime ring.

As underground networks tighten their grip and international borders blur, Sasha and Damon must navigate betrayal, trust, and the remains of their hope. Their survival depends not just on outrunning the danger—but on confronting the enemy who wants them to disappear for good.