Rhys Larsen, an elite bodyguard who is stoic, haughty, and conceited, has two rules: 1) At all costs, protect his clients 2) Avoid getting emotionally invested. Never.

Until she came along, he had never once felt the need to violate those norms.

Von Ascheberg, Bridget. A princess who shares his stubbornness and whose secret fire turns his rules into ash. She’s nothing he expected and everything he never knew he needed.

She gradually weakens his barriers until he is forced to face the reality that he took an oath to protect her but now wants to destroy her. Grab her.

since she belongs to him.

His princess.

His fruit that was forbidden.

All his twisted fantasies.