Description

Your new stepfather has plans for you, and they have nothing to do with being family. Just four months after your father’s tragic death, your grieving mother remarried. Her new husband is Julian Thorne—a ruthless, self-made billionaire and, in a cruel twist of fate, your father's estranged childhood friend. You’re torn from your modest life and thrust into the opulent, suffocating world of the Thorne dynasty. Julian is charming, generous, and unnervingly protective. But beneath the veneer of kindness, his steel-grey eyes watch you with a possessive intensity that makes your skin crawl. He doesn't see a stepdaughter; he sees an acquisition. A beautiful, broken thing to be polished and owned. When an attack from a rival leaves you with a broken arm and your late father's prized motorcycle in ruins, Julian uses the danger as an excuse to tighten his grip, pulling you deeper into his gilded cage. He promises to protect you, but you can't shake the feeling that the real danger is the man who now calls you his.