---When Peniel transfers to a new school, she’s ready to blend into the background — quiet, unseen, untouched. But fate has other plans. In the middle of the noisy assembly crowd, when she’s shoved and lost, a boy’s hand catches hers. Kai — confident, charming, impossible to ignore — holds her steady. From that moment, her world begins to change.Kai is warm, protective, and kind… at first. He helps her find her way, sits with her at lunch, and messages her online with words that make her heart flutter. But soon, his warmth begins to burn. The teasing turns sharp. The laughter feels cruel. At school, he becomes her tormentor — yet every night, he’s back in her inbox, the same boy who once promised to never let go of her hand.Caught between the boy who comforts her and the one who breaks her, Peniel must face the truth: they are the same person. As pain and affection twist into something she can’t name, she begins to wonder if love can exist inside something so cruel — or if she’s just clinging to the hand that’s slowly teaching her how to hurt.“You said I only hold your hand to hurt you,” he whispers. “Then teach me how to hold it right.”

---She only made one mistake.Now she belongs to him.Lena Morgan never wanted attention. Timid, quiet, and focused only on protecting her younger brother, she lived her life in the shadows. But one careless accident changes everything—the night she crosses Damian Blackwood.He’s the city’s most ruthless CEO, feared for his cold heart and merciless power. When Lena damages something priceless of his, she expects punishment. What she doesn’t expect is his demand: marry me, or pay a debt you can never escape.Trapped in a world of wealth and danger, Lena becomes Damian’s reluctant bride. To him, she is both punishment and obsession. To her, he is both captor and protector. Every glance burns. Every touch terrifies. Every stolen moment blurs the line between fear and desire.But in Damian’s world, love is as dangerous as hate.And Lena will soon learn… some cages feel like home.

> Forced into a six-month contract marriage with the man her father betrayed, Ivy Carrington vows to survive Killian ward's cold hatred. But when a mysterious threat places her brother in danger, Ivy realizes the billionaire in Armani may not be her only enemy. And falling for him might be the most dangerous mistake of all.