Twenty-five years ago, she walked away from the only man she ever loved. Now he's back—and this time, he's fighting for keeps.
Dr. Marlowe Sinclair built her reputation authenticating stolen art and exposing fraud. She thought her heart was just as well-protected.
Until Caspian Valdris sends a consultation request that changes everything.
The brilliant art history scholar she fell for in graduate school has become something she never expected—the head of a powerful family empire. But when federal investigators target him using her professional reputation as leverage, Marlowe faces an impossible choice.
Cooperate and destroy the man she never stopped loving.
Or fight beside him and risk everything she's built over twenty years of careful career construction.
Caspian spent decades transforming his family's criminal legacy into legitimate success. He thought he'd buried his regrets along with his past.
But watching Marlowe walk into his gallery proves some acquisitions are worth any risk to complete.
She's brilliant, fierce, and willing to expose systematic corruption to protect people she cares about. She's also the woman whose career could be destroyed by association with his complicated history.
This time, he won't choose duty over love. This time, he'll fight for the future they should have built together.
But when enemies from his past weaponize federal law enforcement for revenge, will their second chance survive the war they'll have to fight to protect it?
Some love is worth waiting thirty years to get right.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Dr. Marlowe Sinclair built her reputation authenticating stolen art and exposing fraud. She thought her heart was just as well-protected.
Until Caspian Valdris sends a consultation request that changes everything.
The brilliant art history scholar she fell for in graduate school has become something she never expected—the head of a powerful family empire. But when federal investigators target him using her professional reputation as leverage, Marlowe faces an impossible choice.
Cooperate and destroy the man she never stopped loving.
Or fight beside him and risk everything she's built over twenty years of careful career construction.
Caspian spent decades transforming his family's criminal legacy into legitimate success. He thought he'd buried his regrets along with his past.
But watching Marlowe walk into his gallery proves some acquisitions are worth any risk to complete.
She's brilliant, fierce, and willing to expose systematic corruption to protect people she cares about. She's also the woman whose career could be destroyed by association with his complicated history.
This time, he won't choose duty over love. This time, he'll fight for the future they should have built together.
But when enemies from his past weaponize federal law enforcement for revenge, will their second chance survive the war they'll have to fight to protect it?
Some love is worth waiting thirty years to get right.
Genre: Romantic Suspense
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