In the Thorns Society, the most dangerous secret is the one locked in your penthouse.
Calder Ashworth does not make mistakes. He destroys them. As the Chairman of the Thorns Society, he rules a corrupt, untouchable financial empire with absolute, cold-blooded control. When an investigative journalist gets too close to uncovering his darkest secrets, Calder does what he always does: he neutralizes the threat. Not with a bullet, but with a gilded cage.
Emeric Fontaine expected to be killed. He didn't expect to wake up trapped in a sixty-sixth-floor penthouse, entirely at the mercy of a billionaire who is as beautiful as he is ruthless. Forced to help his captor root out a traitor within the Society's ranks, Emeric refuses to break. He is a prisoner, but he will not be a pawn.
In the silence of the penthouse, the lines between interrogator and captive begin to blur. Calder demands absolute obedience; Emeric weaponizes his defiance. What starts as a psychological game of chess descends into a dark, consuming obsession that could burn the entire Society to the ground.
The cage was meant to keep the journalist in. It was never meant to keep the monster out.
Author’s Note: VILE SAINT is a Dark Corporate MM Romance. It features forced proximity, captivity, moral ambiguity, high-stakes psychological warfare, and explicit high-heat scenes.
Reader discretion is strongly advised (18+).
