Aria came home for the summer broken. One bad breakup. One empty house. And one man she was never supposed to want. Dominic Hale — her late father’s best friend, her mother’s new husband, the man who helped raise her after her dad died. He spent years being the perfect protector. Controlled. Untouchable. Off-limits. Until the boundaries between them began to blur. Now the house is too quiet, the nights are too long, and the rules they both swore to follow are becoming harder to keep. He was supposed to keep her safe. But she is the one person who makes him question everything he believes about control, loyalty, and desire. And once the line is crossed, there may be no going back. Taboo. Obsessive. Dark. This is not a soft romance. It's a story of forbidden feelings, dangerous secrets, and choices that could destroy everything