By Mistake, By Fate, By His Side

He was the illegitimate son of an influential family. She had been cast out of a wealthy household. Rosalee Chase thought their first meeting was a chance encounter. Three years later, Ciaran Laurent will not let it be chance: he closes in, using every means to help her reclaim what was taken. His pursuit is constant, his motives raw. Then he overhears her chilling refusal—she cannot fall for him. The confession severs certainty. Is her distance a wound, a defense, or a judgment on his devotion? Their fragile alliance snaps into a tense standoff of loyalty, longing, and doubt. One decision will either break them or bind them forever.