The Mind Surgeon
"You want to ruin me, Elara? You can try. But if my empire burns, I’m dragging you into the fire with me."
Elara Vance is drowning. After her father’s tragic suicide leaves her with crippling debts and a disabled younger sister to protect, she makes a desperate deal with a shadow syndicate: infiltrate Thorne Industries, become the personal assistant to the ruthless CEO, Julian Thorne, and plant a virus that will bankrupt him entirely.
Julian is a man carved from ice and paranoia. Known as the Devil of Wall Street, he trusts no one. Yet, he finds himself dangerously captivated by his brilliant, defiant new assistant. The chemistry between them is a ticking time bomb intoxicating, explosive, and completely forbidden.
But a deal is a deal. After one reckless, passionate night in her boss’s bed, Elara pulls the trigger on his company and flees into the night. She thinks she’s escaped. She thinks she’s won.
Until she finds out the syndicate lied, and a car bomb nearly takes Julian's life.
Until the men who hired her turn their guns on her sister.
Julian Thorne isn't dead. He is standing in her cheap motel room bleeding, furious, and holding the positive test.
Now, Elara is a prisoner in a golden cage. To save his plummeting stock and protect his unborn heir from the assassins hunting them, Julian forces Elara into a fake marriage. She must play the perfect, adoring wife to the man who now despises her.
But in a world of mafia blood debts, corporate warfare, and lethal family secrets, the line between hatred and a dark, consuming love is razor-thin. And Julian is about to show the world exactly what happens when someone threatens his wife.
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