Guarded by sin

He was hired to protect her.

He never meant to want her.

Now they’re both marked for death.



When Selene Hart, the guarded heiress to a criminal empire she never asked for, becomes the target of a brutal assassination attempt at her father’s funeral, her world shatters. Cold, calculated, and deeply alone, she’s forced to accept the one thing she hates most—a bodyguard.



Enter Kai Voss: ex-military, silent as the shadows, haunted by a past soaked in blood. He doesn’t talk much. He doesn’t feel much. And he never, ever gets involved. But Selene isn’t just another client. She’s fire behind a fortress. And she’s keeping a secret that could burn them both.



As they go on the run across cityscapes and secrets, hunted by mercenaries and betrayed by the people closest to them, the lines between duty and desire blur. Kai was trained to resist temptation. But Selene? She’s temptation wrapped in a ticking time bomb.



And when the truth explodes—about her father, her legacy, and the deadly reason someone wants her dead—Kai will have to choose:

His mission. Or the woman who might just be his salvation—or his destruction.



One rule. One touch. One sin.

Once broken, there’s no turning back.