Cassandra Lindqvist

I never thought the man I’ve spent three years trying to destroy would be the one I’m fake-engaged to. One viral photo of us arguing turned into “couple goals,” and now my entire career, my family’s nine-figure inheritance, and Raphael Endicott’s hostile takeover all depend on us pretending we’re madly in love for six months. Shared penthouses. Candlelit galas. His hand on the small of my back like it belongs there. The more we sell the lie, the harder it gets to remember why we hate each other… until one of us slips and the hunger we’ve been hiding threatens to burn everything down.

I came to audit Benedict Abernathy's books, not to recognize the cartel scars hidden under his designer suit. One locked stare in his glass office and I knew—he's the same monster who once owned me. Now the ruthless CEO who launders their blood money wants to keep me close, and every brush of his hand makes me forget why I should destroy him. The question isn't if I'll burn his empire down... it's whether I'll let him pull me into his bed first.

When the board forces icy Headmaster Warren Fairchild to hire his rival Dominic Ellsworth as co-director at elite Ridgewood Academy, their venomous power struggle in silk-lined offices and candlelit boardrooms ignites into something far more dangerous. Every clash, every brush of skin, every whispered threat makes them hate each other more...and want each other more. In a world where one wrong move can destroy their reputations, their careers, and the academy itself, Warren and Dominic must decide if surrendering to the fire between them is the ultimate ruin or their only salvation.