“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

Daphne felt her entire body go rigid from the name that popped up on her phone screen. 


At first, she wasn’t sure if her eyes were playing a trick on her. Her lungs seized up in her chest and several thousands of chills raced down her back. Her heart dropped into her stomach. 


Why? Why was he, of all people, trying to call her? What could he possibly have to say to her after everything he’d put her through, emotionally? 


Daphne picked up her phone and continued to watch it ring. A disturbing sensation of trial and debate came crashing over her. As much as she wanted to ignore his phone call, she couldn’t keep her undying curiosity from rushing the surface. 


On the other hand, although she never considered herself as someone who was petty, Daphne wanted to let the ringer go dead. She wanted to make herself unreachable—the same way he made himself unreachable.


Chapter 23: Gingerbread Houses