{"product_id":"counterpoint-declan-rhodes-9798258321619","title":"Counterpoint: MM Romantic Suspense","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSomeone wants Dominic St. Clair dead-and they're using music to say so.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen a handwritten funeral march appears beneath the door of his St. Charles Avenue mansion, seventy-two-year-old conductor Dominic St. Clair knows the threat is real. A fixture of New Orleans's cultural life, Dominic has lived a long, public career shaped by legacy, loyalty, and carefully guarded truths. Now someone from his past is orchestrating a final reckoning-timed to his farewell concert series and designed to unfold in front of the entire city.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTo protect him, Dominic hires \u003cb\u003eThe Guardians\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormer Army Ranger \u003cb\u003eThiago Reyes\u003c\/b\u003e is used to danger-and to keeping his distance. Calm, controlled, and relentlessly professional, he's not prepared for Dominic's home, where music drifts through open doors and boundaries blur. Or for \u003cb\u003eLuca Moreau\u003c\/b\u003e, Dominic's sharp-witted, fiercely loyal personal assistant, who's been holding Dominic's world together for years. To Luca, Dominic isn't just a client. He's family. And Luca doesn't trust anyone whose job comes with an expiration date.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the threats escalate from ominous warnings to break-ins and near-misses in the streets of New Orleans, Thiago and Luca are forced into uneasy proximity. Their chemistry is immediate-and inconvenient. While Thiago digs into a decades-old grievance tied to Dominic's rise, Luca refuses to believe this stoic bodyguard won't disappear once the danger passes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEach threat arrives like a new movement in a deadly composition, building toward a public finale during Dominic's final performance. As the city's music swells and the danger turns unmistakably real, Thiago and Luca must learn to trust each other completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause protecting Dominic may cost them everything-and choosing each other may require the courage to finally step into the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCounterpoint\u003c\/b\u003e is a romantic suspense novel about devotion, legacy, and the people who stand between others and harm-set to the rhythm of New Orleans, and a love story worth fighting for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Declan Rhodes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798258321619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/21\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 196\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Declan Rhodes","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48623682715903,"sku":"9798258321619","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e7b562fa-8230-40cf-8cd2-806b3b285b48.jpg?v=1780433876","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/counterpoint-declan-rhodes-9798258321619","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}