The Exception
Vi Keeland
Rated: 3.84 of 5 stars
3.84
· Steam/Spice level: 4 of 5
Explicit open door [?]
· 36 ratings · 359 pages · Published: 11 Jan 2026
He lives by a set of rules. She might be his one exception.
I just wanted a distraction, something to take the edge off before facing a wedding I was dreading. So on the flight back to New York, I signed up for a dating app. Harmless enough, right?
Wrong.
Turns out, it wasn’t just any app—it catered to people with very specific tastes. By the time I realized it, I was already on my date.
Tall, confident, and sinfully handsome, Jagger Langston seemed like the full package. The chemistry between us was instant—electric enough to burn the whole city down. Though things took a turn when we figured out I’d misunderstood who should join the app. We laughed it off, said goodbye, and went our separate ways.
Or so I thought.
Until I walked into my new internship Monday morning, ready to put the weekend behind me, and there he was—my boss.
Now I’m caught between the rules he lives by—and the temptation to make him break every single one of them.
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- contemporary 10
- workplace/office 9
- m-f romance 8
- boss & employee 7
- ceo/tycoon hero 7
- age gap 5
- new adult 5
- secret relationship 5
- rich hero 5
- forced proximity 4
- virgin heroine 4
- masc-dom 4
- alpha male 4
- possessive hero 4
- independent heroine 3
- white collar heroine 3
- bdsm 3
- competent heroine 3
- slow burn 2
- insta-love 1
- angst 1
- grumpy & sunshine 1
- hurt/comfort 1
- disabilities & scars 1
- cheerful/happy heroine 1
- take-charge heroine 1
- rich heroine 1
- tortured heroine 1
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- content warnings
- rape 5
- past sexual abuse 4
- child sexual abuse 2
- third party sexual assault 2
- past abuse 1
- mental illness 1
- mental trauma 1
- victim blaming 1
- past child neglect 1
- geography
- new york state 8
- usa 6
- north america 5
- Format
- audiobook
- dual pov 4
- first person pov 4
- male pov 1
