Under the bright lights of Melbourne Cup week, Evelyn Fairbourne plays the perfect heiress. Every smile rehearsed, every move calculated to uphold her family’s empire and her engagement to a man chosen long before love ever had a say. But one glance across the stables changes everything.
Aiden works in the shadows of her world hands rough from labor, eyes that give nothing away. He knows better than to want her. She knows better than to look back. Yet something dangerous sparks between them, quiet and unstoppable. Each secret meeting draws them deeper into the kind of scandal that can ruin them both.
As race day nears, ambition and loyalty blur beneath the roar of the crowd. Pride clashes with desire, and every heartbeat feels like a wager they can’t afford to lose.
When love crosses the finish line, what will it cost to claim the prize?
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Each book in the Dark Reins series stands alone, revealing a new scandal born beneath the lights of a different legendary racetrack.
In the high-stakes world of international horse racing, every stride hides a secret and every win comes with a cost. From London’s royal circuits to the burning tracks of Dubai, power and desire race neck and neck beneath the roar of the crowd. Behind the silks and champagne lies something darker ambition laced with lust, loyalty tested by greed.
Dark Reins pulls back the curtain on the affairs and rivalries of those who live for victory and fall to temptation.
How far will they ride before the darkness takes the reins?
