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She learned early that love is leverage.
Raised under the thumb of a father who perfected manipulation and cruelty, Elara Voss survived by becoming sharper, colder, and untouchable. Years later, she is the ruthless CEO of a multi-million-dollar tech empire-respected, feared, and emotionally impenetrable. She trusts no one, carries a concealed gun everywhere she goes, and has no patience for society's moral rules when they conflict with loyalty.
There are only two people allowed past her armor:
her younger sister, the one pure thing she will burn the world to protect, and her older brother-not by blood, but by choice-who stood beside her when no one else did.
Love already tried to ruin her once. She won't let it happen again.
Enter Rowan Pierce - a commercial pilot with effortless charm, devastating looks, and a carefully cultivated playboy reputation. To the world, he's smooth and unattached. In truth, he's loyal to a fault, deeply protective of his family, and quietly believes in love even after seeing it fail around him. Unfortunately for both of them, he's also her brother's older brother-in-law-far too close, far too complicated and far too dangerous to want.
What begins as mutual distrust and sharp-edged banter turns into something neither of them planned: recognition.
He sees through her ice.
She senses his steadiness beneath the charm.
As threats from her past resurface and the line between protection and control blurs, she must decide whether survival means staying armed and alone-or risking everything by lowering her guard for the one man who refuses to see her as a weapon.
Because she has never been afraid to pull the trigger.
But falling in love?
That might be the most dangerous exception she's ever made.