His code was simple: no witnesses. He broke it for me, saved my life. Kept me by his side, but never made me his. Now I want more. Want the only thing he would ever deny me. His heart.

HIM: Marrying the enemy’s daughter proves my loyalty, and that’s what I need to do to move up. I didn’t count on her getting under my skin, tempting me to feel things, do things, that I never have before. If this agreement doesn’t hold, it’ll mean war. I need her … and now I want her. But can I trust her? HER: Our marriage is all about keeping the peace ... at least on the surface. What my husband doesn’t know will definitely hurt him when I turn the tables and win control of the family. But he isn’t the man I thought he was—and neither is my father. Now my loyalties are divided, tearing me in two. Should I help the family of my blood…or my heart?

HER: I ran. Leaving him was the hardest thing I’ve ever done. The only that would have been worse? Staying to watch him become the monster he was taught to be. Living with the fact that I loved him anyway. Now I live in the shadows, hoping he never finds me. Praying that he does. HIM: She ran. Left without so much as a good-bye. For years I’ve pretended I didn’t care, pretended that even hearing her name didn’t rip at the shreds of my soul that I have left. Now I’m going to find her. I might not ever let her go.

HIM: Someone’s sticking their nose where it shouldn’t be. My orders: shut it down. Easy enough...until the trail leads me to her. Just by existing she changes everything. I have to have her. So I do what it takes. Finally, she trusts me—and gives me the news that should end her life. Now I have to decide: betray my oldest loyalties or save the woman I love. HER: This case will make my career. A relationship is a distraction I can’t afford. But he melts my boundaries as if they had no more substance than soap bubbles. I can’t ignore him, can’t resist him. Once he’s won me completely, I tell him everything. And discover that love makes fools of us all.