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Lethal Rivalry

Last updated:
12 Sep 2026
Status:
Completed
Language:
English · 18+

In the cutthroat shadows of global corporate espionage, Alexander Hunt and Sienna Locke are lethal arch-nemeses. Alexander is the arrogant, razor-sharp prodigy of Hunt Intelligence; Sienna is the untouchable, silver-tongued master infiltrator for Locke International. For four years, they have sabotaged each other's operations across Monaco, Zurich, and Tokyo—trading suppressed gunfire, stolen microchips, and breathless near-miss kisses in dark stairwells. But when an elusive global arms cartel frames them both for a catastrophic bombing in Geneva, bounties are placed on their heads by every intelligence agency on earth. Forced into a temporary truce, they must share a luxury safehouse penthouse in Vienna disguised as a honeymooning billionaire couple. Between razor-sharp banter, deadly shootouts, and the intoxicating friction of sharing one bed, the boundary between mortal rivalry and blistering, carnal passion detonates into an uncontrollable blaze.

Chapter 1

The Geneva Ambush

The sub-zero rain over Lake Geneva fell in relentless needles of liquid ice, blurring the glittering neon and platinum lights of the Swiss financial district into streaks of obsidian and shattered diamond. Sixty feet above the rain-swept cobblestones of the Quai du Mont-Blanc, balanced with impossible feline poise on the narrow zinc cornice of the Banque de Savoie, Sienna Locke adjusted the night-vision optics of her tactical visor and smiled coldly into the dark.

For four relentless years, Sienna had been the apex ghost for Locke International—the most lethal private espionage contractor in Western Europe. She was fast, untouchable, and devastatingly efficient, possessing an encyclopedic knowledge of cryptographic firewalls and a black belt in Krav Maga that had sent dozens of rival mercenaries to trauma wards.

Yet tonight was not merely a multi-million-dollar corporate contract; tonight was about settling a bitter, deeply personal score.

Inside subterranean vault 404 rested the Aegis Drive—a custom quantum storage device containing encrypted black-budget wire transfers, satellite telemetry, and covert arms ledgers for half the corrupt oligarchs in Eurasia. And she had every intention of extracting it right from under the arrogant, infuriating nose of Alexander Hunt.

"Perimeter cameras looped for eighty seconds, Locke," her technical handler, Carl, murmured through her bone-conduction earpiece. "Bypass the secondary infrared grid on the terrace balustrade and you have a clear run to the central vault. But hurry—Hunt's surveillance signatures were detected crossing the Pont du Mont-Blanc four minutes ago."

"Copy that, Carl," Sienna whispered back, her voice a purr of dark, anticipatory adrenaline. "Keep the turbine idling at the private boat dock. I'll be out with Hunt's pride in my pocket before his designer hair gel dries."

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Chapters
35
Words
46.2K
Free online
Ch 1–3
Status
Completed
Author
Scarlett Brooks
Updated
12 Sep 2026

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Lethal Rivalry is a ceo and drama novel by Scarlett Brooks. It is completed with 35 chapters. In the cutthroat shadows of global corporate espionage, Alexander Hunt and Sienna Locke are lethal arch-nemeses. Alexander is the arrogant, razor-sharp prodigy of Hunt Intelligence; Sienna is the untouchable, silver-tong...

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In the cutthroat shadows of global corporate espionage, Alexander Hunt and Sienna Locke are lethal arch-nemeses. Alexander is the arrogant, razor-sharp prodigy of Hunt Intelligence; Sienna is the untouchable, silver-tongued master infiltrator for Locke International. For four years, they have sabotaged each other's ope...

Is Lethal Rivalry completed?

Yes. Lethal Rivalry is completed with 35 chapters, so you can read it start to finish.

Who wrote Lethal Rivalry?

Lethal Rivalry is written by Scarlett Brooks, a ceo, drama, enemies to lovers romance novel.

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Lethal Rivalry has 35 chapters (about 46,232 words), written in English.

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35 chapters
  1. 1. The Geneva Ambush Free
  2. 2. The Scent of Cordite Free
  3. 3. The Cross-Border Exfiltration Free
  4. 4. The Vienna Safehouse In app
  5. 5. The Fake Marriage Protocol In app
  6. 6. A Touch of Poison In app
  7. 7. Balcony Crossfire In app
  8. 8. Wounds and Whiskey In app
  9. 9. The First Surrender In app
  10. 10. Morning Whispers In app
  11. 11. The Zurich Depository In app
  12. 12. Rooftop Extraction In app
  13. 13. Alpine Chalet Haven In app
  14. 14. Carnal Consecration In app
  15. 15. The Black Market of Prague In app
  16. 16. The Masquerade at Charles Bridge In app
  17. 17. Severing the Nerve In app
  18. 18. The Trap Springs In app
  19. 19. Safehouse in the Mist In app
  20. 20. The Interrogation In app
  21. 21. A Vow in the Dark In app
  22. 22. The Monte Carlo Infiltration In app
  23. 23. The High-Roller Gambit In app
  24. 24. The Superyacht Assault In app
  25. 25. Showdown on the Helipad In app
  26. 26. The Truth Broadcast In app
  27. 27. The Merger of Empires In app
  28. 28. A Proposal in Monaco In app
  29. 29. Nuptials on Lake Como In app
  30. 30. Consummation on the Water In app
  31. 31. The Paris Headquarters In app
  32. 32. A Positive Test In app
  33. 33. The Tactical Father In app
  34. 34. The Birth of Leo Hunt In app
  35. 35. Lethal Legacy: The Eternal Game In app

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