𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐄𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 | SPINOFF

Luca Lombardi is a man of precision-his life defined by order, his time too precious for distractions. A busy father with a sharp tongue and a cold demeanor, he doesn't play games. But the moment he sees her, her legs around the pole-he decided what was his.

Rosalina Crist isn't the fragile girl he once thought. She's fire and defiance wrapped in sin, and she moves like she owns the darkness of New York; which she does. Luca knows she's untouchable-his enemy by blood and business-but desire doesn't heed the rules. Soon, she becomes his obsession, a dark imprint etched into his mind, haunting him with every thought, every breath, and every forbidden craving.

In the underworld of power and the game of Chess, she's the temptation he can't resist-and the ruin he can't escape.

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When Bridget Meadows decides to pursue her dream of attending university, she faces an unexpected obstacle: proving she has the work ethic to succeed. With no prior experience and her last name not enough to open doors. When Bridget Meadows turns to her father and uncle, Damon Lars, for help getting into university, she doesn't expect the solution to be working as an assistant for the summer. Even worse, she's assigned to Damien Lars-the guy she's spent years trying to avoid.

Once childhood friends, Bridget and Damien now share nothing but tension and hate, their past fractured by a betrayal she won't speak of and he can't forget. Forced into close proximity, their tempers ignite, giving way to a dangerous temptation of desire. Damien knows he should stay away, but some lines are too tempting to leave unbroken.