Cheri Marchand has spent years building a flimsy life—working quiet morning shifts and running a small bar at night to escape the ghosts of her past. Everything changes the night Lucien Stone enters her life. He is the embodiment of danger, cloaked in wealth and shadows, a man whose gaze dismantles her defenses with a single look.
When Cheri's past comes back with deadly intent, Lucien is the only person capable of protecting her. But his protection comes with secrets of his own—secrets tied to the very darkness she’s trying to escape. As their lives entangle, passion ignites, lies unravel, and danger closes in.
Between love and survival, one truth remains:
Some men ruin you.
Others rebuild you in fire.
Lucien just might do both.
