Vanessa has never known what it feels like to be truly loved.In a home where happiness was a stranger, she learned to survive by staying quiet and hoping that one day, love might find her.But marriage was never supposed to be part of that hope — until Adrian Voss.A man with shadows in his eyes and a past that refuses to stay buried. He’s cold, distant, yet somehow the only one who tries to bring light into her broken world.As Vanessa begins to fall for him, she discovers that their lives have been tangled long before their wedding day — by a secret neither of them saw coming.Every moment with Adrian pulls her in two directions — love that makes her feel alive, and hate that reminds her of everything she’s lost.Between pain and passion, truth and betrayal, Vanessa must learn to fight — not just for him, but for herself.Will she find the strength to reclaim her heart…or will the past that binds them destroy the fragile love she’s too afraid to believe in?

When Aria Sinclair steps into the glass tower of Vale & Ley, all she wants is a job, not the attention of a powerful CEO with a face sculpted for sin.But fate has a cruel sense of humor.The man she insulted at the police station— the one with the intoxicating scent and piercing green eyes— turns out to be her new boss, Xander Vale.Cold. Controlled. Completely off-limits.What begins as tension ignites into something forbidden— a pull neither of them can deny, no matter how hard they try.But Xander’s partner, Ethan Ley, isn’t just a rival for her affection. He knows a truth Aria’s fought to bury— the one that could ruin her if it ever came to light.When love turns into a weapon and secrets threaten to burn them all, Aria must choose between protecting her past… or surrendering to the man who makes her feel alive for the first time.In a world of power, envy, and passion— desire might be the most dangerous secret of all.