The Devereauxs and the Morettis have been competing with each other for decades. Their rivaling businesses stand side by side on the same beachfront boulevard, but the past four years their competition took a turn for the worse. The Devereaux family runs the most coveted beach club on the coast. At night, the Morettis take control and rule the city's most exclusive nightclub, 'Il Silenzio'. At twenty-five, Luca has everything money can buy and nothing he actually wants. As the tattooed heir to his family's nightlife empire, he spends his days sleeping off bad decisions and his nights surrounded by people who want something from him. Until the morning he lays eyes on Robyn Devereaux. Completely unaware of the effect she has on him, Robyn is trying to navigate her way through life after dropping out of college. When the twenty-two year old returns home, she's determined to prove herself by working at her parents' beach club. She wants to figure out what comes next and has absolutely no interest in the arrogant nightclub prince who keeps appearing in her orbit. The more Luca wants to stay away from Robyn, the more impossible it seems to become. What starts with stolen glances quickly turns into secret conversation, undeniable chemistry, and a rivalry that begins to feel dangerously close to desire. But family loyalties run deep. And when a feud that's been simmering for years threatens to pull them apart, Robyn and Luca are forced to choose: the families they've always belonged to, or the one person they can't seem to stay away from.

On the night of her eighteenth birthday, Evelyn Hart receives the same nightmare every girl in her bloodline once feared. A dark forest. Church bells at midnight. And a creature known only as The Devil hunting her through the shadows. The town believes that if he catches her before sunrise, she will become his bride. But as the dreams grow more dangerous and the devil begins appearing outside them, Evelyn discovers the horrifying truth behind the centuries-old ritual. Because the monster haunting her may not be the real villain after all.

This is not a story about what happens. It's about what almost does. At an Ivy League medical school, Isabelle Laurent is known as the Ice Queen-brilliant, distant, untouchable. No one gets close. No one stays. Alexander Whitmore was never supposed to be different. Charming, privileged, and infamous for never staying longer than a few weeks, he understands desire. What he doesn't understand, until Isabelle, is restraint. She believes he doesn't want her. He knows wanting her openly would destroy everything. So they choose the most dangerous thing instead: friendship. "The most dangerous thing about Alexander Whitmore was not his reputation, nor his charm, nor the power he would one day inherit. It was the fact that he never asked for anything from me, and somehow, without realizing it, I had begun to give him everything that mattered." Slow burn • Dual POV • Consent • Emotional intimacy