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Last published Fri, Oct 24, 2025
Emily Hastings was born to perfection - the daughter of a powerful man, raised to achieve, obey, and never feel.
Ryan Maddox was everything she wasn't supposed to want - reckless, brilliant, and dangerous in all the ways her world feared.
Years ago, he disappeared, leaving her to build the life her father demanded.
Now, he's back - richer, colder, and more powerful than the people who once controlled him.
And as Emily's carefully arranged engagement to Adrien Rutherford approaches, the walls she built between love and duty begin to crack.
In a world ruled by power, legacy, and quiet cruelty, Emily must decide which future is worth burning for:
the safe one she's been promised - or the one man who's always set her world on fire.
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