Linda Nova

Naya Cole’s life falls apart in one night. Her fiancé cheats with her own sister on live camera, her family turns against her, and her name becomes a public joke. The only job she has left is a private recovery contract with Killian Romano, the ruthless captain and owner of the New York Vultures. The contract is live-in, exclusive, and non-negotiable. She moves into his house. He has one clear rule: no one touches him. Naya is hired to fix his injury. Instead, she finds old wounds he has been hiding for years and secrets connected to the night her brother’s career ended. Killian does not want her questions. He also cannot stop watching her. As media attacks, family betrayal, and outside threats close in, the line between patient and physiotherapist disappears. Killian’s control begins to crack, and Naya realises the most dangerous part of the job is not healing his body. It is what happens when the ruthless captain decides she belongs to him.

I married a stranger to survive. I never expected to fall for the man who ruined my family. Twenty-four hours ago, I had a fiancé, a father's company to protect, and a life I thought was mine to keep. Then everything fell apart. My accounts were emptied, my father's business collapsed overnight, and the man I was supposed to marry betrayed me and walked away when I needed him most. That's when Adrian Halter found me. He didn't offer sympathy. He offered a deal. One year of marriage. A ring on my finger. A perfect performance in public. In return, he would give me enough money to save everything I had left. No love. No expectations. No questions. It should have been simple. But nothing about Adrian Halter is simple. He is cold, powerful, and impossible to read. He has rules for our marriage, secrets he refuses to explain, and a past he keeps locked away from me. Then I start noticing things that don't make sense. Why does Adrian know so much about my family? Why does a detail in our marriage contract not match my past? Why does he keep protecting me when our agreement never required him to? And why do I feel like there is something about me he isn't telling me? I entered this marriage believing I was using Adrian to save my family. Now I'm beginning to wonder if I was the one he wanted all along. But why? And how much of my life has Adrian Halter already known about?.