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A dark, gritty romantic suspense about a morally gray vigilante and the editor who becomes his obsession.
Cassius Ashenheart isn’t looking for redemption. In this dark crime romance, he’s the man people call when justice fails—a weapon forged by blood, betrayal, and the weight of his family’s sins. His world is all brotherhood, violence, and brutal secrets. Love doesn’t fit in a life built on quiet retribution.
Melinda Westbrook edits fictional killers for a living. Real danger stays safely on the page—until a wrong-number text pulls a stranger into her inbox and a terrifying encounter forces that stranger to step in and pretend to be her husband.
Cassius should walk away. Instead, one act of protection turns into late-night messages, a dangerous bond, and a marriage of protection that blurs the line between safety and obsession.
The more Cassius shields Melinda from the monsters in his world, the more he wants to keep her—close, claimed, and completely his. But when the threat circling her is tied to his own bloody past, Cassius has to decide what he’s willing to sacrifice:
His brothers.
His code.
Or the woman who makes the killer in him feel almost human.
A dark, gritty romantic suspense about a morally gray vigilante and the editor who becomes his obsession.
Cassius Ashenheart isn’t looking for redemption. In this dark crime romance, he’s the man people call when justice fails—a weapon forged by blood, betrayal, and the weight of his family’s sins. His world is all brotherhood, violence, and brutal secrets. Love doesn’t fit in a life built on quiet retribution.
Melinda Westbrook edits fictional killers for a living. Real danger stays safely on the page—until a wrong-number text pulls a stranger into her inbox and a terrifying encounter forces that stranger to step in and pretend to be her husband.
Cassius should walk away. Instead, one act of protection turns into late-night messages, a dangerous bond, and a marriage of protection that blurs the line between safety and obsession.
The more Cassius shields Melinda from the monsters in his world, the more he wants to keep her—close, claimed, and completely his. But when the threat circling her is tied to his own bloody past, Cassius has to decide what he’s willing to sacrifice:
His brothers.
His code.
Or the woman who makes the killer in him feel almost human.