by Sara Cate
Part of Salacious Legacy
First published 2026
Amelia Kade has carried a torch for the same man since childhood. At twenty-something, she decides to finally move past her crush on Matis Moreau, her godfather and her father's closest friend. The fifty-three-year-old Matis runs a kink club in Paris but feels ready to close that chapter of his life. He lacks direction and companionship. Amelia proposes a deal: she will help him find a genuine romantic partner while he assists her in meeting someone worthy of her affections. They arrange dates for each other, determined to cure themselves of any inappropriate feelings. Yet every potential match falls short. The more time Amelia and Matis spend together as matchmakers, the stronger their attraction grows. They both recognize the relationship remains off limits due to their family connection and age gap. When they finally surrender to their desires, the intensity threatens to destroy the careful boundaries that have kept their world intact.
Genres: romance, adult-fiction, erotica, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: enemies-to-lovers, forbidden-romance, found-family
Setting: Paris
Period: 21st-century
384 pages · Paperback · Sourcebooks Casablanca
Content warnings: explicit-sexual-content