The Sinful State Series

Control built my empire. She might destroy it all. To some, my creation, ARGUS, is a weapon. To others, it's a safeguard. The system sees all, finds every connection, leaves no secret buried. Yet she found my blind spot. I gave her everything—my bed, my secrets, my trust. The heart I'd buried under years of ambition and isolation. Only to discover she didn't find me by accident. Former CIA. Investigating a deadly leak. Hired by shadows to hunt rumors that could destroy everything I've built.

I've survived combat zones and classified missions. But watching her walk into danger? That might kill me. The assignment seemed straightforward: pose as a dutiful boyfriend while she infiltrates a finance mogul’s operation. Keep her safe. Keep my distance. Get the evidence and get out. Simple, until the mogul hired me as his personal security. Now I have a front-row seat to his empire of greed—and his predatory interest in the brilliant woman I'm supposed to be pretending to love. Every day I watch him dangle millions in front of her like bait, testing her limits, pushing her boundaries.

Three years ago, I met a woman who made me forget the world expected me to be a polished, controlled heir to a billion-dollar empire. Sophie was brilliant, captivating, unforgettable—and gone by sunrise. I searched half of Europe for her, but the woman I fell for might as well have been a fever dream. Until today. Because the woman sitting across from me in a KOAN security briefing isn’t Sophie at all.

I've protected senators, CEOs, and people who don't realize how dangerous their ambitions make them. I know how to read a room, spot a threat, and stay detached. Alicia Morgan was never supposed to be a problem. She's brilliant. Controlled. A crisis-management powerhouse who refuses to believe she needs protection—until a man turns up dead and the evidence points directly at her. When KOAN assigns me to her detail, the rules are simple: keep her safe, keep her daughter safe, and don't cross lines that can't be uncrossed. Living in her house makes that last rule harder by the day.