Rules of Restraint
(2025)(The third book in the Billionaires of New York City series)
A novel by Nicola Hayes
I humiliated him on live TV. Now he’s my billionaire boss.I called out Cal Rourke for mansplaining during a panel.
The clip went viral.
And a week later, the man I publicly roasted bought my entire network.
He’s older. Grumpier.
All sharp suits, colder smiles, and a voice that could ruin reputations—or whisper me into surrender.
Every meeting is a power play.
Every argument, foreplay disguised as debate.
I tell myself I hate him, but my pulse says otherwise.
He calls me dangerous. I call him arrogant.
But behind that control, there’s something fractured—and I can’t stop wanting to touch it.
The deeper I dig into his empire, the more I uncover the secret he’s desperate to hide.
And somewhere between chasing truth and losing myself, I realize—
I didn’t just start a war with Cal Rourke.
I started falling for him.
And this time, losing might break more than my career.
Genre: Romance
The clip went viral.
And a week later, the man I publicly roasted bought my entire network.
He’s older. Grumpier.
All sharp suits, colder smiles, and a voice that could ruin reputations—or whisper me into surrender.
Every meeting is a power play.
Every argument, foreplay disguised as debate.
I tell myself I hate him, but my pulse says otherwise.
He calls me dangerous. I call him arrogant.
But behind that control, there’s something fractured—and I can’t stop wanting to touch it.
The deeper I dig into his empire, the more I uncover the secret he’s desperate to hide.
And somewhere between chasing truth and losing myself, I realize—
I didn’t just start a war with Cal Rourke.
I started falling for him.
And this time, losing might break more than my career.
Genre: Romance