“You know, dove. Whenever I’ve envisioned you screaming out my name, I had never thought it would be like this,” he drawled.
Daphne Sullivan entered Blackwood Inc. with the hopes of getting a job. Fresh out of graduate school, Daphne is interviewed by one of the country's most eligible bachelors and heir to the Blackwood fortune. She is instantly drawn to him like a moth to a flame but the Blackwood Heir is not a man to be trifled with. 
Alistair Blackwood first notices the engagement ring on Daphne’s finger and decided at that very moment he needed to know who she was. Having been forced into an arranged marriage at a young age, Blackwood never had the chance to find real love. The closer he works with Daphne, the more he discovers just how badly he needs her and he always gets what he wants. Cost what it may.
A relationship built on secrets and expensive deals—is a happily ever after even possible?
Title is created by Rebecca Lyne, an eGlobal Creative Publishing signed author.

The Blackwood Heir

There weren’t enough words to fully describe how Daphne was feeling. 


Confused... Terrified... Ashamed... Shocked... Revolted... Disturbed... 


Good Christ, the list went on in her head as she somehow found herself falling back into her apartment after not fully knowing how she got home. She was certain she had driven her car, however Daphne couldn’t even recall getting into it when she left the office. 


Her fingers were numb while her entire body trembled in distress. 


‘Oh God...’ Her voice sounded so far away in her head. ‘What the hell just happened? What in ‘the’ hell just—


Daphne disrupted her own thoughts by letting a disgruntled whine tear from her throat. “Ughh!!” 


She threw her hands over her face, wishing today had never happened. Tears filled her eyes as she raked her nails through her hair and manically tried to secure her breathing. But it was no use.


All she could see was the stoic expression on Alistair’s face as he had spoken. 


Chapter 7: I Can Explain