When the ballet goddess twisted her ankle in his doorway, Silas Thorne’s pent-up fire found its spark. Thirty-five and achingly lonely, the painter’s world ignites saving Vivienne Sterling from her violent father and a stalker’s deadly obsession. Their desperate passion explodes in a karaoke booth blackout, but fate isn't
a blade meant for her leaves him bleeding out on her floor. As Silas fights for life in Mercy General, a new threat emerges –
a nurse whose "care" crosses dangerous lines, and Vivienne’s gambler father staging a humiliating showdown for the cameras.
Can their raw, blood-soaked bond survive when her final act of trust is baring her skin under his studio lights? ( Forbidden tension, trauma bonding, intense protectiveness, artistic intimacy)