Maison Laurent Riviera is my sanctuary, my family's legacy, and a cliffside paradise perched beautifully above the Mediterranean. But under the flawless marble surface, my hotel is bleeding cash, and the corporate vultures are circling.
Then Roman Mercer steps off his private launch looking like an immaculate, grey-eyed executioner.
He is the top strategic acquisitions director for Adler Hotels, sent here to evaluate our distress, calculate our weaknesses, and buy us out for parts. He believes my passion is a liability and that sentiment has no place on a business balance sheet. Worse, if he closes this takeover cleanly, his boss has promised him my exact job. I swear I won't let him sideline me—no matter how much his dark gaze makes my pulse jump or how badly I want to trace the hard planes of his chest.
But Roman is the least of my problems. Someone inside my own company is executing a brutal, systematic sabotage campaign to force a desperate fire sale.
When a false emergency alert traps Roman and me underground in a locked records archive, our mutual fury detonates into an uncontrollable, high-heat collision. Trapped in the dark, the pristine, clinical boundaries we built between us completely melt. Beneath his tailored suits lies a primal, demanding intensity that leaves me utterly ruined, breathless, and aching for his touch.
Suddenly, our corporate war turns into a wicked private addiction. From reckless, breathless encounters hidden under my office desk while my staff walks past the open door, to a secluded sea-view suite where he uses ice and soft restraints to strip away my defenses, he makes me forget every rule I've ever made.
But our secret alliance is built on a lie. When the press leaks the truth about his mission, the betrayal cuts deeper than any physical wound. To save my home, I have to trust a man who was planning my exit from the very beginning. I will burn this palace to the ground before I let anyone take what is mine… but losing Roman might be the one terms agreement I cannot survive.
Tropes: Enemies-to-Allies Takeover , Forced Proximity (Locked Archive) , Ruthless Closer × Defiant Heiress , Workplace Sabotage Mystery
Spice Level: 4 (High-Heat)
HEA: Guaranteed
Genre: Romance
Then Roman Mercer steps off his private launch looking like an immaculate, grey-eyed executioner.
He is the top strategic acquisitions director for Adler Hotels, sent here to evaluate our distress, calculate our weaknesses, and buy us out for parts. He believes my passion is a liability and that sentiment has no place on a business balance sheet. Worse, if he closes this takeover cleanly, his boss has promised him my exact job. I swear I won't let him sideline me—no matter how much his dark gaze makes my pulse jump or how badly I want to trace the hard planes of his chest.
But Roman is the least of my problems. Someone inside my own company is executing a brutal, systematic sabotage campaign to force a desperate fire sale.
When a false emergency alert traps Roman and me underground in a locked records archive, our mutual fury detonates into an uncontrollable, high-heat collision. Trapped in the dark, the pristine, clinical boundaries we built between us completely melt. Beneath his tailored suits lies a primal, demanding intensity that leaves me utterly ruined, breathless, and aching for his touch.
Suddenly, our corporate war turns into a wicked private addiction. From reckless, breathless encounters hidden under my office desk while my staff walks past the open door, to a secluded sea-view suite where he uses ice and soft restraints to strip away my defenses, he makes me forget every rule I've ever made.
But our secret alliance is built on a lie. When the press leaks the truth about his mission, the betrayal cuts deeper than any physical wound. To save my home, I have to trust a man who was planning my exit from the very beginning. I will burn this palace to the ground before I let anyone take what is mine… but losing Roman might be the one terms agreement I cannot survive.
Tropes: Enemies-to-Allies Takeover , Forced Proximity (Locked Archive) , Ruthless Closer × Defiant Heiress , Workplace Sabotage Mystery
Spice Level: 4 (High-Heat)
HEA: Guaranteed
Genre: Romance