by Geneva Lee
First published 2015
Belle has a rule: no men, no romance, no holding out for a happy ending that was never coming anyway. She has been hurt before, and she knows better. London glitters around her, full of wealth and power and people who play games she refuses to join. Then she meets him. He is arrogant and controlling, the kind of man every instinct tells her to avoid. She does not trust him. She does not even like him. But he gets under her skin in a way she cannot explain and cannot shake. The more she tries to pull back, the harder it becomes. Belle is not a woman who backs down easily. She is headstrong and clear-eyed about what men like him want. But wanting and knowing are two different things, and her body is not listening to her head. This is the fourth book in Geneva Lee's New York Times bestselling Royals Saga, and it pulls the series into darker territory. Belle's story sits at the center of it, a woman who built walls to protect herself now standing at the edge of something she cannot control.
Genres: fiction, romance, adult, adult-fiction, dark-romance, contemporary-romance
Vibes: dark, emotional, intense, psychological, steamy
Tropes: controlling-hero, emotional-conflict, enemies-to-lovers, slow-burn
Setting: London
Period: Contemporary
298 pages · Paperback · Westminster Press
Content warnings: emotional-abuse, toxic-relationship