A powerful billionaire. The woman who broke his heart A second chance, a dangerous hope and a love that stands the test of time. Mason Hawthorne was once a boy made of soft smiles, whispered promises and stolen kisses under the shooting stars. He was a prince made of diamonds, I was a rose made of rags. Our love was forbidden, we were opposites in every way and yet, we believed that we were made for each other. Then one night I disappeared without a trace. No goodbye. No explanation. I didn’t just leave him. I erased myself. New name. New life. New identity. The girl he loved no longer existed. Nine years later, fate brings me to a masquerade ball. In a room full of masks, I make one reckless move and I fall into the arms of a masked stranger. The stranger's touch feels like a forbidden memory. His voice feels like sin. And when our masks slip, so does my carefully built life. Because standing before me is Mason Hawthorne, once again. My ex-boyfriend is all grown up into this handsome, ruthless man with wealth and wickedness as his virtue. And he wants answers from me. He wants me to remember, while I want to stay forgotten. His plan is to make me fall in love and keep me forever. Loving Mason is easy. But forever is a mistake for a girl like me. My life is tangled in secrets and lies. What will he do when he learns the one thing I never want him to find out? Turns out Mason is hiding a few secrets of his own. LOVE FlLTHY MESS is a second chance forbidden billionaire romance with an alpha male-possessive hero, forced proximity, ex lovers reunited, and a heroine with a secret past that adds high stakes drama that ends with a swoony happily ever after.