Gideon presses Seraphina against the wall, his hot breath on her neck. For years, she broke his strict rules just to see him lose control. Now, those small acts of disobedience have turned into a strong, dangerous attraction. When her mother goes missing, deadly enemies try to steal Seraphina’s huge inheritance. To keep her safe, Gideon uses a desperate trick: a secret, fake marriage. Overnight, the strict man who raised her becomes her legal husband. Trapped together in his big house, every accidental touch makes them want each other more. Gideon is fiercely protective and loses his self-control by the second. But there is a cruel rule in their marriage contract: if he gives in to his feelings and acts on them, he loses all legal power to protect her. With killers waiting outside the gates, Seraphina has to make a choice. But the biggest danger is not the enemy outside. It is her intense new husband holding her in the dark.

Caelia Vane is offered one million dollars to ruin the billionaire, Alaric Thorne. She takes a job at his company in snowy Aspen, but her secret mission comes from his own grandmother, to create a massive scandal to force Alaric out of his business. If Caelia succeeds, she can finally pay off the crushing medical bills keeping her mother alive. She cannot afford to fail. There is just one problem, Alaric already knows her secret. Instead of firing her, he traps Caelia in a dangerous deal. He forces her to help him find the real enemy trying to destroy his family from the inside. As they work together in secret, their anger quickly turns into a passionate and forbidden love. But when the fake scandal Caelia was supposed to create becomes dangerously real, she is trapped. Now, she must make an impossible choice, either to ruin Alaric to save her mother, or risk everything to protect the man she was paid to destroy.

Lena hat siebenundzwanzig Jahre lang geglaubt, sie sei eine ganz gewöhnliche Kindergärtnerin, und gelernt, für die kleinen Dinge im Leben dankbar zu sein. Nachdem sie ihre Mutter vor Jahren verloren hat, hat Lena niemanden mehr, auf den sie sich verlassen kann.Eines Abends kommt Lena nach Hause und findet bewaffnete Männer vor, die auf sie warten. Sie hat keine Ahnung, wer sie sind oder warum sie sie tot sehen wollen. Dann tritt Lennard Falk in ihr Leben. Als Präsident des Black Vipers MC ist Lennard die Art von Mann, dem andere lieber aus dem Weg gehen. Kalt, schwer tätowiert, brutal beschützend und in der kriminellen Unterwelt gefürchtet.Doch Lennard weiß etwas, das Lena nicht weiß. Ihre Mutter hat ihm einst das Leben gerettet. Und bevor sie starb, ließ sie Lennard versprechen, ihre Tochter zu beschützen. Als ein weiterer Anschlag auf Lenas Leben verübt wird, bringt Lennard sie zum abgelegenen Gelände des Black Vipers Clubs im Peak District, wo sie gezwungen ist, unter seinem Schutz zu leben. Lena hasst es, kontrolliert zu werden, und Lennard weigert sich, sie sterben zu lassen.Was als Kampf zwischen einer starrköpfigen Frau, die ihre Freiheit sucht, und einem gefährlichen Mann beginnt, der entschlossen ist, sie am Leben zu halten, entwickelt sich langsam zu etwas, das keiner von beiden erwartet hat. Dann entdeckt Lennard die Wahrheit. Lena ist keine gewöhnliche Kindergärtnerin. Sie ist die geheime Tochter von Viktor von Hagen, einem der mächtigsten kriminellen Kartellbosse Großbritanniens und die rechtmäßige Erbin eines Imperiums, dessen Kontrolle ihre Stiefbrüder mit allen Mitteln an sich reißen wollen.Jetzt ist die Frau, die Lennard zu beschützen versprochen hat, zum Ziel einer ganzen kriminellen Dynastie geworden. Während sich die Feinde nähern und der Verrat das Herz der Black Vipers erreicht, mag Lena in ein gefährliches Imperium hineingeboren worden sein, doch Lennard wird dafür sorgen, dass sie lange genug überlebt, um es zu beherrschen.

Seven days before the wedding of the decade, billionaire heir Callan Mercer’s fiancée vanishes without a trace. To satisfy his late grandfather’s trust fund clause and retain control of Mercer Global, Callan needs a bride immediately. Then Cressida Vance. Desperate to raise £10 million to rescue her family’s historic Cornish hotel from liquidation, Cressida signs a six-month marriage contract. The rules are simple was to play the devoted society wife, maintain public appearances in London, and leave with her payout. Callan is ice-cold, paranoid, and openly vows never to let a fake wife break through his walls. Cressida couldn't care less, she isn't there for his heart; she's there for her family's survival. The arrangement turns lethal when Cressida uncovers a bloody note hidden inside the Mercer estate left behind by the missing bride: “If you marry Callan, you will be the next one.” When staged accidents begin threatening Cressida’s life, Callan shifts from a cold stranger into a deadly protector. Forced into an uneasy alliance, they plunge into the dark underbelly of London’s high society to uncover why the original fiancée disappeared. But in an empire built on lies, the deadliest weapon isn't the threat lurking in the shadows, it's the person standing right behind them.

Seven years ago, a corrupt trial destroyed Aveline West’s family. Now, she is back in London under a fake name, armed with a ruthless plan which is to sneak into the Reeve Luxury Group and destroy it from the inside out. Her target is Sebastian Reeve, the cold and brilliant billionaire CEO who sits on her father’s stolen throne. But Sebastian is a man who notices everything. When Aveline makes her first move to sabotage him, he doesn’t have her arrested. Instead, he locks her in his glass office and promotes her to his inner circle. Trapped working side-by-side with her worst enemy, Aveline realizes she has made a fatal mistake. The line between bitter hatred and dangerous obsession is fading fast. As dark family secrets rise to the surface, Aveline discovers a shocking twist. Sebastian might not be the villain who ruined her family, he might be the secret protector keeping her alive. In a high-stakes war of lies and betrayal, Aveline must make a deadly choice. How do you destroy the man who stole your past, when his touch is the only thing you want in your future?