Too Wild to Be Just a Rose

On the night she was abandoned, Lillian Lowell burned her grandmother's yard with her own hands. Amid the roaring flames she ran into Shane Lloyd, the bloodied heir of the Lloyd family. He took her in with a plan: use this thorny rose to tip the balance between their rival houses. Lillian replied with fierce counterattacks, refusing to be a pawn. Each strike loosened Shane's control; his careful game gave way to unexpected attachment. Their rivalry turned tactical into intimate. He sparks the schemes; she fans the consequences. Together they form a volatile alliance—calculated revenge welded to messy truth—as they crush enemies and collect scars. Between cold calculation and sudden sincerity, they burn through the past and forge a dangerous, hopeful future.