Evelyn Carter thought betrayal had a limit—until her closest friend married the man she hated most. In New York’s glittering elite, loyalty becomes currency, secrets destroy friendships, and love hides behind resentment. Forced into Damian Hayes’ world after a scandal binds their lives together, Evelyn discovers the arrogant lawyer may not be the villain she believed. But when buried truths emerge, she must decide whether revenge is worth losing the only man who truly sees her.

When twenty-six-year-old theatre teacher Isla Hart slips into a rain-slicked taxi in London, she thinks the worst of her week is over. She doesn't expect the driver to hand her a card and the number of the city's most notorious magnate: Alexander Vale, a billionaire, private, untouchable, and whispered about in the same breath as boardroom conquests and family secrets.Alexander offers an impossible contract: spend a year in his world, nights in penthouses, private galleries, and country houses, where every desire is answered and every boundary is tested. In return, he asks only for time: That period of time , to prove that what binds them is more than appetite. Isla, stubborn, fiercely independent and quietly curious, signs because she wants to choose on her own terms. What begins as a calculated arrangement becomes a dangerous study in chemistry, power, and the fragile line between surrender and consent.

She was born without the mark that crowns queens, yet fate branded her soul with something far more dangerous: the impossible bond to the alpha who was never meant to want her. When Kael arrives to claim the marked Luna and secure his bloodline, one stolen glance awakens a feral hunger neither can deny. Torn between sworn loyalty to the only sister who ever showed her kindness and the brutal desire that threatens to consume them both, Fin must choose: protect the crown Bella deserves or surrender to the monster whose touch ignites her unmarked skin. One forbidden night of raw passion. One ancient claim sealed in shadows. And a deadly dawn duel where love will either rise from the frost or bleed out beneath the rising sun.