### **In the high-stakes world of luxury couture, the most dangerous game is the one played in the dark.**
Julianna wears her pristine, regal reputation like an untouchable suit of armor. But when Christian Vance—a brilliant, dangerously masculine force with heavy ink on his skin—steps into her studio, her fiercely disciplined world completely fractures.
They are an unbreakable front in public, orchestrating a multi-billion-dollar fashion empire. But behind the locked doors of the flagship atelier, the corporate pretense burns away into a raw, consuming desire.
> *Christian stepped deep between her thighs, his dark eyes black with a primitive hunger. His large, warm hands clamped onto her waist, his fingers digging into the soft, prominent curve of her hips with a heavy, territorial weight that anchored her flat against his bare chest. Under the intense heat of his palms, the protective structure of her gown entirely melted, liquefying down her frame to cling ruthlessly to her bare skin. Every breathless surrender on the mahogany cutting table was a scorching reminder—no matter how pristine she looked for the world, she belonged entirely to his fire.*
What started as a volatile clash of wills has spiraled into an absolute, addictive devotion. Christian doesn't want to break her structure; he wants to be the only heat that makes her melt. Julianna doesn't want to tame his chaos; she wants to possess it.
The market is theirs to command, but when the curtains fall, the real masterpiece is written in the dark.
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**THREADS OF POWER** is an intensely romantic, adult contemporary romance featuring explicit, deeply possessive sexual scenes and an unbreakable love story between two dominant forces who refuse to let the world touch what belongs to them.
