Maxine Bolton

Lena Reed has spent her life doing exactly as she is told. A live-in position at a remote house should be her way out - wages, security, a future she can call her own. Instead, the rules tighten. The expectations sharpen. And Richard Morel watches far too closely. What begins as structure becomes control. What feels like safety twists into possession. By the time Lena understands what she has stepped into, leaving is no longer simple.
Then everything fractures. Because Lena's story does not end with her. It becomes his. Dan has survived for over a thousand years by never losing control. But grief strips away restraint. Obsession takes hold. And the careful distance he has always maintained begins to collapse. Virtue is Book 4 of The Seanda Accords and is best read as part of the continuing series.