Deal

An American negotiator. An Iranian diplomat. Fourteen hours trapped in an elevator that changes everything.Claire Donovan doesn't trust Kaveh Rahimi—and she's not supposed to. He's the Iranian delegation's lead negotiator, the man standing between her and a historic nuclear agreement. Professional adversaries. Political opponents. That's all they can ever be.Then a security lockdown traps them in an elevator for fourteen hours.What begins as bitter hostility becomes raw honesty. The elevator becomes a confession booth. The enemy across the table becomes the only person who actually sees her—not the performance, but the woman underneath. By the time the doors open, Claire knows she's in serious trouble.Then someone tries to kill her.Suddenly the only person she can trust is the Iranian diplomat she's supposed to negotiate against. The man who just risked everything to save her. The one person who believes her when she says her own mentor is sabotaging the talks—building an agreement designed to fail and justify war.Now they're caught between two governments, a mentor turned enemy, and an impossible choice. Kaveh can return to Tehran and save his career. Claire can walk away and save hers.Or they can fight together and lose everything.When the stakes are nuclear and the threats are lethal, the most dangerous deal isn't the one on the negotiating table—it's the one they're making with their hearts.