The Final Contract

For years, Seraphina "Sera" Calloway has been The Black Ledger's most coveted escort-an untouchable enigma, desired by the world's most powerful men. She's built an empire within the empire, amassed a fortune, and now, she's walking away. One final contract. A billionaire husband. A life of security. A clean break.

But some obsessions don't let go.

One of her clients-a man she thought was just another name on her list-has been watching her, waiting. He doesn't want to win her. He wants to own her. And if she won't be his, she'll be no one's. If Sera dares to sign a contract with another man, he'll expose it all-the clients, the secrets, the hidden empire that The Black Ledger has spent years keeping in the shadows.

And he'll burn her with it.

For Killian Shaw, protecting Sera has never been just a job. He's been her shadow, her security, her silent protector-watching as she gave herself to men who could never deserve her, never love her the way he does. Years ago, he let her draw a hard line between them. That line doesn't exist anymore.

Because Sera may have been looking for a contract to buy her freedom, but Killian is the only man willing to fight for it.

He's not just a bodyguard anymore. He's worked his way into The Black Ledger as a silent partner, and he's done watching her walk away from the one thing she refuses to admit she wants. Him.

Her stalker has made it clear-choose him or it all goes up in flames.

The Black Ledger. The secrets. Celeste.

And Killian has worked too hard, bled too much, to let anyone take what belongs to him.