"OPEN MARRIAGE!”On our fifth anniversary, those two words shattered my world. I thought Elias was the man from the books—kind, attentive, and safe. But the man I loved died a long time ago, replaced by a monster who brings his mistresses into our marital bed and calls me "boring," "useless," and a "servant".Tied to him by the astronomical medical bills keeping my brother alive, I was a bird in a gilded cage. Until the night I snapped.I walked into a high-end club to drown my sorrows and walked out a sinner. I fell into the arms of a stranger with eyes like obsidian and a touch like liquid fire. He fucked me aggressively, possessively, and left a million-dollar check on the nightstand.I thought it was a one-night stand. A secret to take to my grave, but when I show up for an interview at Blackwood Industries to find my freedom, I come face-to-face with the man who ruined me. Cillian Blackwood. He is cold, ruthless, and the tycoon brother my husband hates most in this world. He doesn't just want me as his assistant—he wants me as his pawn. And as he pulls me against him in the dark, whispering that I am the most beautiful thing he’s ever seen, I realize I’m playing a dangerous game.Elias wants an open marriage? Fine.But he never expected the man I’d open my heart—and my bed—to would be his own brother.He’s my boss. He’s my husband’s rival. And he’s about to be my greatest sin.
“He hides his fangs behind a hockey stick. But some secrets can’t stay buried forever…”
Elara Crowley is the most bullied girl on campus—petite, plain, and invisible to everyone but her tormentors. What no one knows is she’s also half-wolf, the outcast of a world that never wanted her.
Aldric Harlow, the arrogant hockey star with a dangerous temper, hides a secret of his own: he’s a runaway Alpha. When his wolf side threatens to break free during a game, the last person he ever expected—Elara—calms the beast inside him.
Now tied together by scandal, jealousy, and a fake relationship that feels far too real, Elara and Aldric must fight their growing bond… while the world around them is ready to tear them apart.