Lana Hart knows she shouldn't look at her new stepfather the way she does. Dark, muscular, and intoxicatingly powerful, Luis Mercado is everything an eighteen-year-old college student shouldn't want. He belongs to her mother. He’s the architect of their new, wealthy life near the border.
But secrets have a habit of bleeding into the light. When Lana accidentally discovers bricks of cocaine hidden beneath the floorboards of one of Luis’s exotic cars, the fragile illusion of their suburban family shatters. She reluctantly agrees to keep his secret to protect her mother’s peace. But soon, their forbidden pact explodes into a reckless, all-consuming affair.
Addicted to the thrill of being chosen by a dangerous man, Lana quickly becomes Luis’s accomplice in crime and his perfect border-crossing camouflage. From heated encounters on his office desk to illicit, adrenaline-fueled nights in luxury Mexican resorts, Lana trades her innocence for the currency of his approval.
But when a ruthless cartel demands a debt Luis can't pay, their hidden world begins to fracture under extreme pressure. As her mother’s suspicion grows and the danger closes in, Lana is forced to face the ultimate exposure. When the truth finally blows their family apart, she will have to decide if the raw devotion of the man who corrupted her is worth the permanent ruin of everything else.
Themes include taboo, stepdad, stepdaughter, age gap, dominant older man, submissive younger woman, interracial, cheating, forbidden love, romance, crime, and more.
But secrets have a habit of bleeding into the light. When Lana accidentally discovers bricks of cocaine hidden beneath the floorboards of one of Luis’s exotic cars, the fragile illusion of their suburban family shatters. She reluctantly agrees to keep his secret to protect her mother’s peace. But soon, their forbidden pact explodes into a reckless, all-consuming affair.
Addicted to the thrill of being chosen by a dangerous man, Lana quickly becomes Luis’s accomplice in crime and his perfect border-crossing camouflage. From heated encounters on his office desk to illicit, adrenaline-fueled nights in luxury Mexican resorts, Lana trades her innocence for the currency of his approval.
But when a ruthless cartel demands a debt Luis can't pay, their hidden world begins to fracture under extreme pressure. As her mother’s suspicion grows and the danger closes in, Lana is forced to face the ultimate exposure. When the truth finally blows their family apart, she will have to decide if the raw devotion of the man who corrupted her is worth the permanent ruin of everything else.
Themes include taboo, stepdad, stepdaughter, age gap, dominant older man, submissive younger woman, interracial, cheating, forbidden love, romance, crime, and more.
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