Declan Rook has never belonged to anyone.Not the girls who chase him, not the team that depends on him, and definitely not Lyla Voss—the soft-spoken rehab intern forced into his home, his recovery, and his life.She is supposed to be his fake girlfriend. A clean image. A temporary lie.But Lyla becomes the only person who can calm the rage beneath his skin… and the only woman he cannot stand to watch walk away.The closer she gets, the more dangerous Declan becomes—not because he wants to hurt her, but because he wants her too much.And when their fake relationship begins to feel real, Lyla must decide if she can trust the man everyone warns her about… or if loving Declan Rook will be the mistake she cannot survive.

Warnings: Contains Mature Content, Vulgar Words, and violent scenes. Please refrain from this novel if you find the things listed above offensive for it is absolutely not your cup of tea. Blurb: “Where is she!” The stranger demanded, his drunken hoarse voice resonating in the room, sending chills down Aysel’s spine immediately she heard his demanding tone.She had never heard of such a dominating and fearsome voice before. She wondered whom he was searching for to sound enraged.“Where is who? There is no one here. Get the hell out of here, you are not welcome,” The old man angrily demanded. However, he felt intimidated by his chilling tone, penetrating gaze, and body build, which was around 6'2, towering over him.Deciding to stand his ground, he pushed the unwanted stranger out of his room but got shoved away effortlessly by the latter before he could even reach out to him.“ Scarlet!" The stranger yelled out in his drunken stupor, his Golden eyes surveying the dimmed room until they fell upon the roughened bed covers. With long and decisive strides, he walked toward the bed, not bothering to uncover the duvet to see who was underneath it. He recklessly threw her over his shoulder and trotted out of the room.Ayael gasped, her eyes almost falling out of their sockets the instant she felt herself being flung over a well-built and firm body. Synopsis: Caught in a heart-wrenching dilemma, Aysel Brown finds herself in a desperate situation, seeking a solution to her mother's mounting medical bills and college expenses. She decides to have a one-night stand with a stranger because she was in need of money at that moment, only to be interrupted by a formidable and enraged man demanding his fiancée. Little did Aysel know that this stranger would become an unexpected and complicated part of her life.After a life-altering turn of events, Aysel finds herself pregnant with the stranger's child, only to face rejection and heartache. It didn't take long before he re-entered her life with a demand for their unborn child and a forced contract marriage, blackmailing her using her mother. Aysel was left with no other choice than to sign the forced contract. As the years passed by, the marriage became a harrowing ordeal, filled with abuse, pain, and misery. Would Aysel remain in such an abusive and painful marriage with her husband, or will she flee from the harsh marriage she found herself in? Will Aysel finally find true love?