She left him fifty dollars and a lifetime of regret.Aurora Thompson made two mistakes in one night: she got drunk and slept with a stranger in a hotel room that wasn’t hers. Then she came home to find her husband in bed with another woman—pregnant with his child.Five years of sacrifice. Five years of hiding her identity as the Thompson heir to prove her love. Five years of building his failing company into an empire.And he threw it all away for a business deal.Fine. If Piagel Blythe wants a divorce, she’ll give him one. But she’s taking everything she built with her—every contract, every connection, every cent of success. She’s done being the invisible wife.But there’s one problem: the stranger from that night? He’s Kieran Miller—the richest, most ruthless man in Velloria. And he’s not interested in forgetting what happened. In fact, he’s been waiting seven years for Aurora to walk back into his life.He kept the fifty dollars. Now he wants everything else. Some men don’t know what they have until it’s destroying them. Others have been waiting all along.

“One life saved. One soul claimed.”Cardiovascular nurse Ava Morales never expected the dying stranger in her ER to remember her name. She definitely didn’t expect him to show up at her wedding.Dario Santos doesn’t just rule Northshore City’s underworld—he owns it. And the moment Ava’s hands brought him back from death’s door, he decided he owns her too.When he walks into her wedding with darkness in his eyes and an impossible offer on his lips, Ava faces a choice that will change everything: marry the safe man she’s known for years, or surrender to the dangerous one who sees straight through to her soul.In Dario’s world, love isn’t a choice—it’s a claiming. And he’s not asking permission.Some obsessions are worth dying for. Others are worth killing for.