One collision. One night. One obsession that will consume them both. Lydia Chen was running from her past when she stumbled into Alexander Ashford's world—literally. A chance encounter on a rain-soaked street, a desperate plea to hide in his suite, and one glass of wine too many... and suddenly, the most powerful man in the world has found the one thing his empire can't buy. Alexander Ashford rules Wall Street by day and the underground by night. Ruthless. Untouchable. Feared by all. But the moment Lydia's innocent eyes met his, something shifted. Something dark and possessive awakened inside him—an obsession he has no intention of fighting. She thinks he's just a kind stranger named Xie Chi. She has no idea he's already decided she's his. Now, as Lydia fights to escape her toxic family and claim the freedom her mother died protecting, Alexander is orchestrating everything from the shadows—removing obstacles, eliminating threats, and weaving a web she can't escape. He'll be her savior. Her protector. Her obsession. And when she finally discovers the truth about the man who holds her heart, will she run... or surrender to the tycoon who's willing to burn the world down just to keep her? "She is not a queen consort dependent on me; she is the queen who rules over me." A dark, obsessive romance where power meets innocence, and love becomes beautifully, dangerously all-consuming.

At twenty-one, Ava Bennett thought she had left her past behind. A year after a life-changing encounter with billionaire Ethan Sterling, she finds herself raising a daughter in secret, determined to build a life on her own. But when fate brings Ethan back into her world, the truth she has hidden for years begins to unravel. Ethan never forgot the woman who walked away from him. Ava never expected the man she tried so hard to forget to return. A secret child. A hidden marriage. And a love neither of them saw coming. Some secrets are never meant to stay buried.