She owed him seven figures. He collected in blood, time, and surrender.
Odette Valéry has stolen from billionaires, fleeced private collectors, and slipped security systems in four languages. She does not make mistakes.
Until she does. Until a laundered chip at the wrong casino lands her in the private office of Dorian Ashworth—a man whose cologne smells like smoke and whose eyes don't blink often enough to be human.
He doesn't kill her. He makes her an offer.
Work off the debt. Live in his penthouse. Wear what he chooses. Go where he permits. And under no circumstances try to run, because he will find her.
She tells herself it's survival. She tells herself she's playing a long game. She tells herself the way he watches her across dinner—slow, patient, like a dragon watching something precious learn to trust him—doesn't mean anything.
It means everything.
Dorian has owned this city for two hundred years. He has never wanted anything the way he wants the clever little thief sleeping three rooms down.
She thought she was working off a debt.
She was being collected.
Morally gray dragon lord. Dangerous seduction. One thief who stole the wrong dragon's attention.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Odette Valéry has stolen from billionaires, fleeced private collectors, and slipped security systems in four languages. She does not make mistakes.
Until she does. Until a laundered chip at the wrong casino lands her in the private office of Dorian Ashworth—a man whose cologne smells like smoke and whose eyes don't blink often enough to be human.
He doesn't kill her. He makes her an offer.
Work off the debt. Live in his penthouse. Wear what he chooses. Go where he permits. And under no circumstances try to run, because he will find her.
She tells herself it's survival. She tells herself she's playing a long game. She tells herself the way he watches her across dinner—slow, patient, like a dragon watching something precious learn to trust him—doesn't mean anything.
It means everything.
Dorian has owned this city for two hundred years. He has never wanted anything the way he wants the clever little thief sleeping three rooms down.
She thought she was working off a debt.
She was being collected.
Morally gray dragon lord. Dangerous seduction. One thief who stole the wrong dragon's attention.
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Used availability for Nova Sloane's King of Smoke