Lucas Palmer blackmails the woman who holds the key to his ranch into a marriage of necessity, demanding her body yield to his primal dominance as the cost of survival. Charlotte agrees despite the wounds from past betrayal, but the intense pull between them turns the arrangement into a battle for control that neither can win without losing themselves.
In the dust-filled hayloft above the damaged stables at dawn, slatted light reveals the scar across his bicep while her full hips press close to the bale. His need to claim her through raw instinct clashes with her wary compliance, each touch escalating the hunger that threatens to strip away their last defenses.
How much of herself will she surrender when he grips her hip and the line between strategy and obsession finally shatters?
