Terms of Engagement

Isabelle (Bells) Hann thought she had her life perfectly mapped out: a prestigious job at tech consultancy Larssens Ltd, an engagement to wealthy Theodore Watson, and a future built on safety and respectability. But her carefully constructed world begins to unravel around her enigmatic boss, Jude Larssen - a man whose brilliant mind and dangerous charm have kept her orbiting him like a moth to flame for three years.

When Jude manipulates a high-stakes dinner with Japanese conglomerate Yamamoto Industries by claiming he and Bells are engaged, their simmering professional tension explodes into something far more volatile. As Bells becomes entangled in Jude's web of corporate machinations, late-night phone calls, and psychological games, she discovers that the line between manipulation and desire is thinner than she ever imagined.

But Jude harbours dark secrets from his Cambridge past, and Theodore isn't the passive fiancé he appears to be. When corporate espionage, blackmail, and a mysterious mathematician named Bielawski converge, Bells must navigate a treacherous landscape where loyalty is currency, power is seductive, and everyone is playing a game whose rules she's only beginning to understand.

Set against the glass towers of Canary Wharf and the polished veneer of London's elite, this is a story about the intoxicating pull of brilliant, damaged men - and the women who risk everything to save or destroy them. As Bells travels from boardrooms to Tokyo, she'll discover that some hungers can't be reasoned with, and that choosing between safety and passion might cost her more than she ever anticipated.

A tale of corporate intrigue, sexual tension, and psychological warfare that asks: How far would you go for someone who might be your salvation - or your ruin?