Verboten Love

Madeline Hawthorne
"Pretend you don't know me."
"Never touch me again."
"We're better off worlds apart."

Kieran Hawthorne
"Her love is intoxicating like a drug I can't quit."
"Please... don't leave."
"She's my home, Mom."

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Kieran Hawthorne is a fiercely successful actor and model who has built his career on getting whatever he desires, yet he's trapped in a cold, unspoken secret-a loveless marriage to the one woman who drives him wild with both passion and frustration.

Madeline, on the other hand, is a new face in the industry. Her sole reason for becoming an actress? Him. Yet as they work together in the spotlight, they maintain a calculated distance, pretending to be strangers to the world, even as they share a bond that's anything but ordinary.

In public, they act like they can't stand each other. Behind closed doors, they're tangled in a love-hate struggle neither of them can escape.

Why do they cling to each other so fiercely, yet push each other away?