Marked By Darkness
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"A hero would sacrifice her for the world, but he'd burn the world for her"
Lillian Carter writes about love - the kind filled with passion, pain, and desire. But her other passion-exposing the dangers of technology in the criminal underworld unknowingly puts her in the sights of someone far more dangerous than she could ever imagine.
Christopher Wolfe, the powerful and enigmatic CEo of innovatech, has a secret buried beneath his pristine reputation. He doesn't just chase success - he hunts. And the moment he sets his eyes on Lily, she becomes his newest obsession.
She doesn't know that her research has brought her dangerously close to a truth she should never
uncover. She doesn't know that Christopher has been watching her, studying her every move, wanting her in a way that defies morality. And she doesn't know that in his world, love isn't soft-it's possessive, all-consuming, and deadly.
He would kill for her. Burn the world to keep her. And if she ever discovered the monster lurking beneath his tailored suit, he knows she'd run.
But the thing about being hunted? There's no escaping a predator who has already marked you as his.
She was searching for the truth. He was hunting for her.
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