He followed me across Thailand. Now he's determined to consume every part of me.
Sophie Mercer fled to Southeast Asia to escape corporate toxicity and rebuild herself on her own terms. The last thing she needs is Adrian Blackwell-a devastatingly handsome billionaire with control issues and an intensity that both terrifies and captivates her.
When Adrian pursues her from Bangkok to a remote island paradise, Sophie knows she should run. Everything about him screams danger: the way he orchestrates circumstances to keep her close, his obsessive need to possess her completely, the dark hunger in his eyes that promises pleasure and destruction in equal measure.
But walking away has never been harder.
Their connection is electric, all-consuming, and deeply complicated. Adrian offers her everything she's sworn to avoid-dominance, luxury, the intoxicating surrender of letting someone else take control. And beneath his commanding exterior, Sophie discovers a man haunted by his own demons, desperately trying to break patterns that destroyed his mother.
Then his father declares war on their relationship.
When the Blackwell patriarch systematically dismantles Sophie's career to separate them, Adrian faces an impossible choice: his family legacy or the woman who's made him want to become someone better. Sophie must decide if love is worth the cost of everything she's worked to build.
Their solution? Burn it all down and start over.
Abandoning corporate empires and professional reputations, Adrian and Sophie escape to a remote Greek island with nothing but each other and a vision for something meaningful. But building a life from scratch tests everything they think they know about love, power, and whether two damaged people can actually heal together.
"A scorching romance about power, redemption, and choosing connection over control. Adrian Blackwell will ruin you in the best possible way."
Perfect for fans of:
- Enemies-to-lovers romance with complex power dynamics
- Billionaire romance with actual character growth
- International settings and escape fantasies
- Morally grey heroes who do the work to change
- Strong heroines who refuse to be dominated
- Found family and building something from nothing
⚠️ Content Warning: This book contains explicit sexual content, complex power dynamics in relationships, discussions of emotional manipulation, corporate harassment, family trauma, mental health themes, and pregnancy. Intended for mature readers 18+
