She built a digital scalpel to break his empire. He slipped a collar around her neck to claim her.
ASTRID
I am a Blackwood—and Blackwoods don’t surrender. As an AI prodigy at Harvard, I’ve spent three years in academic exile, building Project Janus: a revolutionary predictive algorithm that exposes lie probabilities and reads minds before a word is spoken. I was going to use it to prove to my family that I’m an untouchable intellectual asset, not a bargaining chip to be traded off in an arranged marriage.
Then I realized my fiancé was tracking me.
Elias O’Shea thinks he’s a master strategist. He thinks he can stalk my movements, maul any man who touches me, and force me into his bed. But he made one critical mistake: he gave me his signal. Now, I’m using his own tracker as a backdoor straight into his network. I’m going to hijack his systems, sabotage his hospitality empire, and bleed his recovering pack dry. Because you can’t trade a princess to a king who has no crown.
ELIAS
I didn't take the Alpha crown to play games. I took it to rebuild an empire from the ash of my father's ruin. To secure the liquid capital my pack needs to remain independent, I’m turning luxury hotels into high-end, untouchable underworld sanctuaries. I calculate every variable, control every risk, and eliminate every threat.
Except for Astrid Blackwood.
She’s arrogant, lethal, and smells like roasted cacao and bitter fire. She's a temptation that sets my wolf’s blood ablaze. She thinks her distance and icy intellect will keep me at arm's length. She doesn't realize I’m already in her backyard, watching her every move. Let her run her algorithms. Let her try to dismantle my empire. She wants to turn my own trap against me, but she forgets one thing: I don't lose. And I'm never letting her go.
An enemies-to-lovers, dark mafia paranormal romance featuring an ultra-intelligent Alpha heroine, a calculating tech-genius Alpha hero, high-society crime, and an addictive, slow-burn power struggle.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
ASTRID
I am a Blackwood—and Blackwoods don’t surrender. As an AI prodigy at Harvard, I’ve spent three years in academic exile, building Project Janus: a revolutionary predictive algorithm that exposes lie probabilities and reads minds before a word is spoken. I was going to use it to prove to my family that I’m an untouchable intellectual asset, not a bargaining chip to be traded off in an arranged marriage.
Then I realized my fiancé was tracking me.
Elias O’Shea thinks he’s a master strategist. He thinks he can stalk my movements, maul any man who touches me, and force me into his bed. But he made one critical mistake: he gave me his signal. Now, I’m using his own tracker as a backdoor straight into his network. I’m going to hijack his systems, sabotage his hospitality empire, and bleed his recovering pack dry. Because you can’t trade a princess to a king who has no crown.
ELIAS
I didn't take the Alpha crown to play games. I took it to rebuild an empire from the ash of my father's ruin. To secure the liquid capital my pack needs to remain independent, I’m turning luxury hotels into high-end, untouchable underworld sanctuaries. I calculate every variable, control every risk, and eliminate every threat.
Except for Astrid Blackwood.
She’s arrogant, lethal, and smells like roasted cacao and bitter fire. She's a temptation that sets my wolf’s blood ablaze. She thinks her distance and icy intellect will keep me at arm's length. She doesn't realize I’m already in her backyard, watching her every move. Let her run her algorithms. Let her try to dismantle my empire. She wants to turn my own trap against me, but she forgets one thing: I don't lose. And I'm never letting her go.
An enemies-to-lovers, dark mafia paranormal romance featuring an ultra-intelligent Alpha heroine, a calculating tech-genius Alpha hero, high-society crime, and an addictive, slow-burn power struggle.
Genre: Paranormal Romance