Damian Cross built his empire on control. At thirty-four, he is the youngest self-made billionaire in the city, a man the media calls the Ice King—untouchable, ruthless, and dangerously irresistible. To the world, he has everything: wealth, power, and influence. But behind the polished suits and calculated smile lies a man haunted by a past he refuses to face. Love, to him, is a weakness he swore he would never indulge in.
Aria Lane has never had anything handed to her. At twenty-three, she’s sharp, determined, and desperate for a fresh start. Landing a job at Cross Enterprises feels like a dream—but working under Damian Cross is nothing like she imagined. He’s demanding, arrogant, and infuriatingly magnetic. Every time she pushes back, he pulls her deeper into his world, a world of luxury and danger where nothing is simple and everything has a price.
Their chemistry is undeniable, their attraction forbidden. Aria knows getting close to him could cost her career and maybe even her heart, but resisting Damian feels impossible. For every wall he builds, she finds a crack. For every cold command, she catches a glimpse of the man beneath—the one who bleeds, the one who yearns, the one who hides behind ice because fire once burned him too badly.
But love with a man like Damian isn’t a fairytale—it’s a gamble. His enemies are watching, his past is catching up, and his empire is built on secrets that could destroy them both.
The Price of Desire is a seductive billionaire romance about power and passion, vulnerability and sacrifice, and the dangerous truth that the higher you climb, the harder you fall.
