To save her dying mother, Clara Reed makes a deal with the devil she knows: her powerful, magnetic, and very married boss, Julian Vance. He offers her a life-saving fortune in exchange for one year of absolute discretion and her complete submission. She becomes his secret, the woman he owns in the shadows while he maintains his perfect public life. Their arrangement is a transaction, a series of scorching, forbidden encounters in locked offices and darkened cars. But as the lines between their contract and their hearts blur, the slow burn of a dangerous, undeniable love ignites. When a positive pregnancy test shatters their carefully constructed world, Clara is no longer just a secret bargain. She's a threat. And the plot twist she never saw coming will reveal that their entire affair was built on a lie, forcing her to choose between the man she fell for and the justice she deserves.

For years, Elara Kincade has lived for one thing: revenge. The werewolf who slaughtered her family, the monstrous Alpha of the Ashenclaw Pack, is the only thing standing between her and peace. She trains, she plots, and she finally infiltrates his territory, a blade hidden in her boot and hatred in her heart. But the Alpha she finds is not the rabid beast of her nightmares. Kaelen is a tormented leader, shouldering the weight of a dying pack and a curse that threatens to consume him. When he captures the beautiful, lethal human trespassing on his land, he doesn't kill her. Instead, he's drawn to the fire in her eyes, a fire that mirrors the lonely rage in his own soul. Bound by a primal, inexplicable mate bond neither can deny, they are forced into a dangerous alliance. As Elara's quest for vengeance clashes with the undeniable pull of their fated connection, she must confront the horrifying truth: the man she's sworn to kill might be the only one who can save her, and the love blooming in the heart of her hatred could be the very thing that destroys them both.