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For twenty-two years, Ava Bennett has known nothing but pain. With a mother long gone and an abusive father who sees her as nothing more than a burden, she has spent her life dreaming of escape. But when her father's crushing debts catch up with him, he makes the ultimate betrayal—he trades Ava to a ruthless crime syndicate. Just when all hope seems lost, the most feared man in the underworld steps in. Lucian Ashford. A cold, untouchable mafia king whose name alone makes powerful men tremble. He saves Ava... only to claim her as his wife. The marriage isn't built on love. It's built on power, protection, and a promise she never agreed to. Trapped in Lucian's dangerous world, Ava struggles to understand the man behind the terrifying reputation. The ruthless king who shows no mercy to his enemies is strangely gentle with her. As their forced marriage slowly turns into something neither of them expected, a new danger emerges. Lucian's own brother becomes captivated by Ava, threatening to tear the Ashford family apart. And when a rival mafia organization kidnaps her to destroy Lucian, he'll have to decide just how much blood he's willing to spill for the woman he swore was only his responsibility. In a world ruled by loyalty, betrayal, and violence, can love survive... or will it become the deadliest weakness of all? He claimed her to protect her. He never expected to lose his heart.

Skylar Bale doesn't do distractions. Four years of straight A's and a heart kept firmly out of reach, that's the plan, and she's stuck to it religiously. Until one reckless night, one stranger's hands at her waist, one kiss that tastes like every rule she's ever broken at once. She doesn't get his name. She doesn't need it. It's a secret she'll keep pressed against her lips like a bruise. Then she walks into her 9 a.m. lecture, and every plan she's ever made goes up in flames. Because the man writing his name on the whiteboard, Professor Lucian Cross, is the same man whose mouth was on hers twelve hours ago. Skylar tells herself this is dangerous, impossible. Lucian tells himself the same, right before he finds a reason to keep her after class. Every glance is a risk. Every locked door, a temptation. And the longer they play at staying professional, the harder it becomes to remember why they're even trying.

Jimmy, a 20-year-old with a rebellious streak and a tender heart, never expected to fall for someone completely out of reach—his mother’s best friend, Susan, a confident and elegant 38-year-old woman. Scarred by past heartbreaks, Susan has long given up on love, convinced that men will only bring pain. But when Jimmy’s youthful charm and unexpected sincerity start breaking down her carefully built walls, both of them are forced to confront desires they’ve tried to deny. As the line between friendship and forbidden attraction blurs, they must navigate a web of secrecy, guilt, and longing. Can love truly defy the rules, or will the consequences of their forbidden desire tear them apart?