Appraised lawyer Cadence Heart has her mind set on one thing; expanding her law firm and doubling her astounding reputation. Cadence is bluntly honest and hardly capable of putting anyone above her own dreams. She's on a mission and can't be bothered with any distractions. That's probably why Madeleine Casanova comes along and ruins all of her plans. She's the multimillionaire client that requires a soft touch and Cadence is as sharp as it gets. It becomes clear that being Madeleine's lawyer is about more than just law. It's about friendship and intimacy, two things that Cadence Heart is not good at. If she wants to keep Madeleine as a client, she'll have to change her stone wall approach. Somewhere along the way, friendship turns into more feelings than either of them know how to deal with. They walk this fine line until it's simply not safe.

Ari has been lying for so long that sometimes she forgets which name she is supposed to answer to. She works for her uncle, follows orders she is never fully informed about, smiles at powerful men who make her skin crawl, and tries not to die in the process. It is not a perfect system, but it has worked well enough-until a job in Miami puts her directly in the path of Elizabeth El Din. Elizabeth is rich, controlled, terrifyingly calm, and apparently has the entire city wrapped around her finger. She also has a habit of appearing wherever Ari is least prepared to see her. Ari thinks Elizabeth is arrogant, emotionally constipated, and far too comfortable pointing guns at people. Elizabeth thinks Ari is reckless, impossible to manage, and hiding more than she lets on. Neither of them is wrong. Between family loyalties, missing girls, weapons moving across borders, fake names, and people who seem determined to ruin Ari's life, getting attached to the woman on the other side of the problem is probably the stupidest thing she could do. Unfortunately, Ari has never been particularly good at making sensible decisions. ______________________________ [tw: violence, mature themes, sex, attempted rape, drugs, mental health, body image] Enjoy reading!!!

I stared at the contract, this was crazy. A fake relationship for money? This couldn't be real. But I thought of mom and Charlie back in Chicago. Where they live even worse than I did. If I took the money, I could send them more money, hell, I could move them out here with me. We could live comfortably for a while. "Where do I sign?" I picked up the pen. Nathan smiled, "on the dotted line, sweetheart." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Claire Edwards is a famous Hollywood actress. She has a 5-year relationship with famous businessman Nathan Carter. They, unfortunately, have to keep their relationship a secret due to Nathan's career and family who don't approve of the relationship. After an unexpected incident, they enlist the help of working girl, Beth James to be Claire's public lover. What starts off as a business relationship turns into something more. Lines are suddenly blurred and unexpected emotions start to surface. Cover done by: HerParamour #1 bisexual - 03/28/21 #69 bisexual - 10/21/21 😉 #1 lbgtlove - 11/06/21 #1 Claire - 01/25/23