After a run-in with her new boss costs junior doctor Roksana Bartosz her job, her friend Sofia has the perfect solution-a short break in Virginia to take her mind off the problem. Little does Roxy know that Sofia and Emmy Black are intent on playing matchmaker in the craziest way possible. Gideon Renard avoids relationships, especially with girls as fragile as Roxy. Taking a new job in Washington, DC seems like the perfect way to put space between them. But his friends have other ideas, and in between hunting down three missing assassins, resisting the temptation to strangle his ex, and fighting the demons of his past, he has a big decision to make. Can he walk away from Roxy for the second time? Platinum is a standalone romantic thriller in the Blackwood Elements series - no cliffhanger!