<p> </p><p>  </p><p>From USA Today &amp; Wall Street Journal best-selling author Emma Slate comes a billionaire standalone romance.</p><p> </p><p>Hadrian Rhys is every woman’s dream.</p><p><br></p><p>The Scottish billionaire is handsome and shockingly masculine. He looks like a modern Viking in a suit.</p><p><br></p><p>At first glance, he’s perfect…</p><p><br></p><p>But something dark lurks beneath the surface of his manufactured facade.</p><p><br></p><p>And it entices me in spite of my better judgement.</p><p><br></p><p>So, when he offers me a contract to spend six months with him on his private island, I say yes.</p><p><br></p><p>Night after night in his bed, Hadrian makes me unravel. He plays my body like he owns it. But he doesn’t just want my pleasure—he wants my ultimate surrender.</p><p><br></p><p>He demands the truth from me, and begins to uncover carefully guarded secrets…</p><p><br></p><p>Secrets my mother died to protect.</p><p><br></p><p>Over time, I want to give in. What is it about this man that makes me want to yield? Why does my resistance crumble in his presence?</p><p><br></p><p>My mother warned me not to trust anyone. But maybe—just maybe—Hadrian Rhys is powerful enough to save us both from what’s coming…</p>