Stella is stubborn, ambitious, and determined to make a name for herself. Rhysand's ruthless, headstrong, and the last person she wanted as a boss. Forced to work together in a high-stake corporate merger, their clashes ignite more than just professional tension. But when they discover their parents are set to marry, their bitter rivalry of hate, and pride turns into something far more complicated—and undeniably forbidden, especially when they both have their demons to fight. Now, they’re expected to play nice, but every stolen glance and heated argument threatens to unravel the fragile truce. He’s off-limits. She’s untouchable. Yet resisting each other might be the hardest deal they’ve ever had to negotiate. In this sizzling love-to-hate step-sibling, grumpy boss romance, passion, and rivalry collide in a battle where the heart stands to lose the most.

Sarah Fletcher had always lived in the shadow of her sister Amelia, the adored mate of Alpha Mark. Growing up in a world where every she-wolf hopes to find her mate, the brilliance of her sister always casts a shadow on Sarah's life. But in that tragic moment on that field of fierce battle, Amelia was killed, and Sarah reeling from the loss inexplicably formed a mating bond with Mark himself. Heartbroken, Mark publicly denounced Sarah in his grief before the pack and crushes her self-worth, making her feel no more than a ghost to a world that used to be full of promise. Humiliation and a deep feeling of betrayal well in her belly, and Sarah flees into the dark wilderness replete with rogues and ever filled with danger, away from the only home she has ever known. It is here that she encounters Logan, Mark's long-estranged brother, who has dark ambitions of his own. Showing absolutely no mercy and calculating, Logan does not think of Sarah as merely a leverage to be used against Mark but as a way for him to reclaim power for himself. Captured and enslaved, Sarah finds her spirit tested in ways she could never have imagined. But in that torture, Sarah finds strength she never knew she had. In the most unlikely of friendships, a bond between her and Alex, Logan's beta, she'll learn about survival and resilience. The stakes have never been higher, and Sarah will have to rise to a final test of courage, strength, and love. Will she let go and drown into the profundity of her identity, amalgamating once again with herself, or will the chains of the past drown her forever?