She lit candles, laid roses, and planned a night of passion only to walk in on betrayal that shattered her world. Now, Vanessa Cole isn’t a wife in love; she’s a lawyer out for blood. But just when revenge seems within reach, Jeffery Cross steps in cocky, ruthless, and infuriatingly tempting. He has the evidence that can ruin her husband, but his help comes at a cost: one night, one taste, one chance to set her desires on fire

She came back for revenge. He never expected to crave the woman sworn to ruin him. Three years ago, he was the ruthless lawyer who led the case that sent her father to prison. Now, she’s back no longer the homesick student he once met in Paris, but a brilliant strategist hired into his father’s billion-dollar empire. Her mission: infiltrate, sabotage, and destroy everything he’s built. His weakness: she’s the only woman who ever made him forget his walls. What begins as a dangerous game of deception soon spirals into something neither of them planned. He’s a billionaire with everything to lose. She’s the unlicensed love he can never afford.

He was a soldier built of steel, sworn to protect and never to fall until her. She was his best friend’s little sister therefore, off limits and untouchable but temptation wrapped in innocence. When Damian returns from service, he doesn’t expect the fire that sparks between them. One stolen glance turns into lingering touches, and every forbidden moment threatens to burn into something dangerous. Duty says he should walk away. Desire says she was always his. And when a hardened soldier collides with a woman who dares to love him, neither will escape unscathed…