How does a chance encounter (one that’s steamy as heck) lead to warring with your inner demons?

Internationally known deviant Bruce Canyon is one smooth bad boy who doesn’t care who knows it. The attention only adds to his sexy nightclub entrepreneur persona, making it good for business. But when he meets Mariam Abbas, a bright, attractive woman who knows what she wants (him, only once), he finds himself out of his league. Sparks snap and crackle, igniting between them as they give in to their carnal needs, and Bruce finds himself in an unfamiliar position: wanting more. To his surprise, he does something un-Bruce-like—he goes out of his way to stake his claim on her.

Mariam Abbas prefers “one and done,” never committing to relationships, or looking back for that matter (despite how mind-numbingly hot the experience was). This might seem cold and a little calculating, but it’s how she manages her neat, orderly life—one she’s carved out for herself after a messy childhood. Nothing can change her mind, not even a man-child who can’t take “no” for an answer, though sexy as sin he may be.

What begins as a game of cat and mouse turns into an unlikely friendship until circumstances push them into each other’s arms. It’s not all hearts and roses, though. Inner demons emerge while dark secrets come out to play, wrecking what brief joy they may have found in one another. They say everyone deserves a second chance. Are Bruce and Mariam deserving of theirs?

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From a dreamy Indian wedding on the shores of New Jersey to New York City’s glittering vibrancy, Book 1 is a frenemies-to-lovers, bad boy, snarky female lead, interracial, second-chance, super-duper steamy romance that’ll have you rooting for the characters, even when they misbehave.