La Crudez Series #1 Solenamin Esmeralda has two rules: Never date. Never get attached. Working nights at a bar and days in a corporate job she never wanted, she keeps her walls high and her feelings locked tight. She's bold, sharp-tongued, and impossible to intimidate - and she prefers her connections temporary, uncomplicated, and strictly physical. Then comes Zion La Crudez - quiet, gentle, and nothing like the men Solenamin usually entertains. Introverted and still scarred from years of being overlooked and used, he's a man who wants something real... and for the first time, Solenamin wants him. Just not the way he wants her. Can Zion's pure love helps the gamophobic Solenamin heal from the traumas of her past?