Until We Burn
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Last published Sat, Apr 11, 2026
She wanted revenge. He'd been planning for five years. They both underestimated each other.
After losing her job, Billie Hawthorne accepts a position at the real estate company, Lancaster Elite Property Group. Partly for money, mostly for revenge. Her new boss's son, Rhys Lancaster, is dating her cruel stepsister, Rose. Seducing him seems like the perfect payback for years of torment.
What Billie doesn't know: Rhys has been obsessed with her since a chance encounter at the Glastonbury festival five years ago. He's transformed himself, infiltrated her family, and engineered her job loss-all to bring her into his world. Every coincidence is calculated. Every opportunity is manufactured.
When a violent attack in the woods forces them together, Billie discovers Rhys's darkness, and instead of running, she realises she has her own.
A detective grows suspicious as bodies start surfacing at properties owned by Rhys's family. Billie must decide: expose the man she loves, or become his accomplice.
A dark romance where obsession meets complicity, stalker meets seductress, and two morally grey people discover they're perfect for each other in the most terrifying way possible.
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