Ruthless Desire Marks Hearts

What if the only person who can save you is the one who teaches you how to surrender?

In fog-drenched Harbor City, Juniper Rowe runs Vesper Ink by one creed—consent, boundaries, Anchor. Cassian Gray is a merciless litigator who’s forgotten how to breathe anywhere but a courtroom. When he walks into her midnight-lit studio asking for a compass without north, sparks turn into rules, and rules ignite a dangerous pull neither can plead away.

As whispered charities and velvet-night clubs cast longer shadows, their lives tangle: a ruthless mentor with a saint’s smile, money that moves like smoke, and a city that rewards beautiful lies. Juniper offers steadiness, breath, and truth. Cassian offers teeth, strategy, and a vow to stop being someone else’s weapon. Together they risk the one thing Harbor City always breaks—trust.

Electric, moody, and intensely sensual, this is a love story where aftercare is armor, power is negotiated, and desire becomes the sharpest kind of honesty. When the storm hits, will they choose rage—or the rules that make them brave?

Categories: Dark Romance; Romantic Suspense; Legal/Corporate Thriller; Crime Thriller; Contemporary Romance.

This book contains explicit scenes, violence, and morally grey characters. Reader discretion is advised.