Hopelessly Corrupt : A Dark Billionaire Romantic Suspense (Truth & Temptation #1)
Christin Wales
I’m Lyra—hacker, liar, professional ghost. My mission is infiltrate ValeCorp, expose its billionaire CEO, and burn his world down. Adrian Cole is supposed to be the villain—a morally gray king with a city at his feet.
Then I find GLASSFALL, the quiet machine he uses to hunt predators the law won’t touch.
Our cat-and-mouse becomes something far more a slow-burn, consent-driven obsession where every rule we write is a vow. He is control wrapped in restraint. I’m the girl who doesn’t run, even when I should. When my handler twists a raid to make casualties for the cameras, I have to the system I serve or the man who protects the people it forgot.
Storm sirens. Courtroom lights. A coin I stop flipping. This isn’t about redemption that looks good on paper—it’s about truth, paid in consequence.
If I betray him, I lose the only person who ever asked before he touched me.
If I choose him, I burn my cover, my career… and maybe save a city.
Hopelessly Corrupt is a dark billionaire romantic suspense—enemies to lovers, hacker vs CEO, high stakes, and a quietly savage HEA.
* Billionaire CEO x hacker heroine • Enemies-to-lovers • Morally gray hero
* Romantic thriller / tech suspense • Slow burn, high tension, high heat (always consensual)
* Protective but respectful alpha • Psychological games, twisty reveals
* Found-its-own-line morality • Standalone with HEA (no cliffhanger)
Content stalking/doxxing themes, corruption, power dynamics—handled with care; on-page affirmative consent, no cheating, no sexual violence on-page

