First published 2024
Rhett Kaiser has spent years frozen by vengeance, transformed into the monster his uncle crafted him to become. He deceives his way into a bodyguard position for Senator Kinsley's daughter, expecting another routine assignment. Instead he meets Anastasia Kinsley, who melts the ice around his heart with her fire. Ana lives under her father's presidential campaign spotlight, her life controlled by political ambitions. When her father assigns her protection during election season, she plans to prove she needs no guardian. Rhett proves different from her expectations. He sparks something dangerous inside her, and she finds herself drawn to break through his cold walls. Their attraction burns despite the lies between them. Rhett knows he must resist, chained to his dark past and the devil's games he plays. Ana discovers the match within herself, ready to use it. Both fight against a pull that threatens to consume them, caught between duty and desire in a world where neither can afford to lose control.
Genres: romance, political-thriller, dark-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Senator Kinsley
369 pages · Paperback · Lumarias Press
Content warnings: violence