An unexpected beginning. An unexplainable love. A sudden hideout on the other side of the world. And a dream come true that may come with a nightmare price tag.

It's absolutely out of the question. He's my colleague's client. No matter how hot this billionaire Stone Lawson is, I can't have him. Oh, but he wants me. And I want him. At first, it's a fling, but it spirals into something that neither of us can handle, and it happens all too quickly. Telling myself that it isn't love doesn't help, because the look in Stone's eyes betrays me. His touch tells me everything I need to know. I can hide from my present, but I soon learn that I can't run from my past. When it catches up to me, I'm a million miles away, but they find me. They just don't know it yet.

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Lark's eyes light up my freaking heart. It's painful. She's something else. But something else that's off limits. While my realtor is on a hunt for land to build my next hotel, Lark's future is on the line, and it's all my fault. We're electric together. Dangerous. Taboo. But it's only when I fall for her that things start to unfold. She's perfect, but everything around us seems to crumble at the doorstep. It's so bad I start to question if what we have is truly real. And then calling her is for naught. For days, nobody can find her. And then I find out that she's halfway around the world, with all the answers, but I'm not sure if any of those answers include me. Problem is, neither does she, and then she fails a test that could tell the tale.