He'll burn the world for her… and destroy himself to keep her.
She wrote the story. He read it. And now… he owns her ending.
Addison Steel spent her life chasing her father’s shadow until a promise made over his grave rewrote everything.
Julian Knox knew her long before they met. Long before he had any right to think about her. To want her.
Until a tragedy forced him to walk away from the only woman he ever craved, terrified she’d reject the monster he’d become.
Then one call changed everything.
Suddenly, the woman he could never forget is real, vulnerable, and in danger.
This time, Julian doesn’t walk away.
What begins as protection spirals into an obsession so fierce it borders on ruin.
But the real danger isn’t Julian’s obsession.
It’s the truth.
As secrets rise to the surface and the past collides with the present, a promise once sealed in blood threatens to destroy them both.
A dark romantic suspense steeped in secrets and lies. Told in dual POV, featuring an obsessive morally gray hero, forced proximity, power imbalance, explicit spice, violence, dark humor, and a guaranteed HEA.