Livia Sommer lives in a world where even the breakfast table is perfectly aligned - and every step of her life has already been decided for her. Daughter of one of the most powerful judges in the country, she is the flawless façade of the Sommer dynasty: top grades, impeccable behavior, a law degree that is practically engraved in stone. Until anonymous threats shake Arthur Sommer's ordered universe - and he assigns his daughter a personal bodyguard.
Jax Vance is everything Livia's world despises. Ex-convict. Tattooed. Too broad, too direct, too dangerous for mahogany offices and crystal chandeliers. But he's also the only one who sees through Livia's polished mask to the woman beneath: hungry for freedom, aching for touch, terrified of disappointing everyone but herself. On campus, on the drive to a remote coastal house, and in the charged silence between crashing waves and candlelight, duty turns into tension, tension into forbidden heat.
Every look becomes a risk. Every accidental brush of skin, a decision. He has sworn to protect her. She has spent her whole life obeying. When desire collides with control, how far are they willing to go to claim a life - and a love - that was never meant for them?
Livia Sommer lives in a world where even the breakfast table is perfectly aligned - and every step of her life has already been decided for her. Daughter of one of the most powerful judges in the country, she is the flawless façade of the Sommer dynasty: top grades, impeccable behavior, a law degree that is practically engraved in stone. Until anonymous threats shake Arthur Sommer's ordered universe - and he assigns his daughter a personal bodyguard.
Jax Vance is everything Livia's world despises. Ex-convict. Tattooed. Too broad, too direct, too dangerous for mahogany offices and crystal chandeliers. But he's also the only one who sees through Livia's polished mask to the woman beneath: hungry for freedom, aching for touch, terrified of disappointing everyone but herself. On campus, on the drive to a remote coastal house, and in the charged silence between crashing waves and candlelight, duty turns into tension, tension into forbidden heat.
Every look becomes a risk. Every accidental brush of skin, a decision. He has sworn to protect her. She has spent her whole life obeying. When desire collides with control, how far are they willing to go to claim a life - and a love - that was never meant for them?
