M.J. Lucy

A formidable figure with certain things on his mind, he’s both gentleman and savage. Mae Damon Shaw is a man as dangerous as his connections. Rich. Commanding. Devilishly charming. He doesn’t play fair. Well before receiving the lavish dinner party invitation, my future had already been predetermined by a man I had yet to meet. I am to become a pawn, a consequence to a shady business deal that will see my husband put our lives in danger. As the night descends into pure chaos and the intricacies of my volatile marriage are exposed, there’s nowhere for me to run. That’s when Damon makes his move. And I Iet him. Drawn to him like a lamb to the slaughter, I quickly realize that every lingering touch, every stolen glance, even the gentle brush of his lips against my cheek in greeting—all of it was meticulously calculated to make me fall, hopelessly and completely. And fall, I did. What I need is an escape to outrun my past and evade my future, but neither man will set me free. One warns of retribution. The other promises all-out war. Damon Mae ‘Ellison’ was a means to an end. At least, that was the plan. Exquisite. Creative. Broken. This woman will bring me to my goddamn knees. The deeper I delve into her poor excuse of a marriage, the more I gain a thirst for revenge. Peter Cooper is guilty of many reprehensible crimes, but none so truly heinous as the ones committed against his own wife. What started out as a business venture has now become an obsession. One borne out of the need to save Mae from the utter destruction that awaits. Because just when I think I’ve uncovered the worst of what he’s done, I find I’ve barely scratched the surface of his depravity. For Mae… I will end Peter. Then I will collect the pieces of her life he so callously left in ruins. The problem? She may well loathe my very existence by the time the last shot is fired.