"No matter where you go, how far you wander, fate will return you to me."
Anne Smith's peaceful life by the sea is shattered when Kaelen, a brooding stranger with eyes like the ocean, enters her world. There is something magnetic about him, a presence that both calms and unsettles her. She can't shake the feeling that their meeting is no accident, but Kaelen's secrets run deeper than she realizes-and they threaten to consume them both.
Kaelen is a man caught between two worlds-his human disguise and the ancient, powerful being he truly is. With each passing day, he grows closer to Anne, even as the burden of a curse from his past presses down on him. But in the shadows, rumors swirl, and Anne becomes the target of whispers that tie her to a dark and dangerous fate.
As Anne grapples with her growing feelings for Kaelen, she is forced to face the truth of her past and the painful memories she's buried. The past is never far behind, and with it comes a threat that could destroy everything they've built. With each revelation, the bond between them becomes more complicated-because some loves are not just forbidden, they're destined to break everything in their wake.
Fate has a way of bringing them together, but it also has a way of tearing them apart. In a world where love and betrayal are written into the stars, can they ever escape the chains of their past?
"My love, you are bound to me."
Henley agrees to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for a fee, falling in love as she wonders - how is he involved in her brother's false conviction?
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Henley Linden's brother is in jail for a crime he didn't commit, and she'll take any job to raise the money needed to free him. Soon, she's agreed to pretend to date millionaire Bennett Calloway for ten thousand dollars, so his mother will ease up the pressure on him to find a wife. But once Henley is enmeshed in Bennett's world, he falls for her, and she starts to have feelings for him as well. Despite her romance with Bennett, as she grows closer to the Calloways, Henley realizes they are somehow involved in her brother's conviction. Journeying deeper into a world of wealth and conspiracies, Henley is forced to rely on Bennett, though doing so could cost her everything.
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