Lines We Cross
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A forbidden workplace romance that dares to rewrite the rules.
Camille Hartley doesn't mix business with pleasure. As a high-powered creative director in one of Chicago's top marketing firms, her reputation is ironclad - sharp, polished, untouchable. But when Riley Quinn, a bold and whip-smart junior strategist, crashes into her world with fresh ideas and impossible chemistry, the line between professional and personal blurs fast.
One stolen night breaks every rule they've sworn to follow.
But office whispers turn dangerous, and in a company where perception is everything, desire becomes a liability neither can afford.
Now, Camille must choose between the career she's built from the ground up... and the woman who's quietly dismantling her walls one glance at a time.
What if the biggest risk isn't falling - but never daring to want more?
For fans of slow-burn tension, age-gap romance, and fierce women who fall hard - Lines We Cross is a powerful story of love, ambition, and the courage to rewrite your own ending.
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