𝐊𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐛𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐤 has two lives. 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲. 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡-𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. No one knows. No one gets close. No one gets to touch the real her. Until a mysterious masked client ruins everything. He wasn't supposed to know her name. He wasn't supposed to know her secrets. He wasn't supposed to be- 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐑𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬. Her rival. Her enemy. The one man who was powerful enough to destroy her entire kingdom. Now he wants her-for her business, for pleasure, and for reasons he refuses to tell her. A fake engagement. A real obsession. And a war she never asked to fight. But when a body drops at her feet and a threatening message follows, Kiera realizes one thing: 𝐃𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞. 𝐃𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐨𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭. 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐋𝐮𝐬𝐭. 𝐁𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐲𝐚𝐥. 𝐈𝐧 𝐊𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐚'𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐭𝐞. 𝐄𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐁𝐋𝐔𝐑𝐑𝐄𝐃 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒.

Khaza is deep in the streets - not the corner-boy type, but the one who sits at the head of the table. Money, guns, people owing him favors... And the Feds finally get close enough to shake him. To look "stable," "domesticated," and "not a violent threat," his lawyer tells him he needs a live-in wife and a clean household to show the court. Enter Milani.

Solai Rousseau has everything she thought she wanted, until returning home reminds her that some feelings never fade. A holiday trip meant to be simple quickly turns into something heavier, old memories resurfacing, familiar chemistry pulling her off balance, and a connection she thought she buried coming back to life. In the soft glow of winter, Solai finds herself drawn toward someone she once knew too well, someone who still knows her in ways she can't seem to outrun. What begins as an unexpected reunion slowly unravels into a journey of warmth, tension, and the quiet kind of longing she's spent years avoiding. Caught between control and desire, she discovers that love can thaw even the coldest heart, but this time, she has to decide whether she's willing to let it.

Gianna Matthews is trying to enjoy the holidays all while healing from the kind of heartbreak that would make someone not want to love again. Torey Foster never cared for Christmas and plans to get through the season quietly, minding his own business. Neither of them are looking for anything, but sometimes the right person shows up at the right time somehow and everything feels... different.

In due time, she learns to heal from the loss of her father while building something of her own. In due time, he outgrows his usual and seeks out something new, something fresh. In due time, they both embark on a growth path together, engrossed in each other and their successes.

Alyssa Monroe built her life around giving - warm coats, hot meals, and second chances. Her non-profit, The Monroe Foundation, is the city's holiday heartbeat. To raise more funds, she announces a playful challenge at her annual gala: 𝙒𝙝𝙤𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙨𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙝𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙢𝙖𝙨 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙢𝙚, 𝙝𝙚𝙡𝙥𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙. She never expected Christopher Green to win. He's the city's coldest businessman, feared in the streets, and the last person she wants tied to her name. But when he drops six figures and shows up ready to play the part, Alyssa realizes there's more to him than rumors. He's chaos where she craves calm, temptation where she promised control-and somehow, the one person who makes her heart feel like home again. Because underneath the lights, the charity, and the snow, she learns one thing for sure 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜.