Claimed

Another story featuring everlasting love with a sensual bite!

When trauma nurse Maxine Carter agrees to take a private position in France, she tells herself it’s just a job — a chance to escape her past, to outrun the shadows of an abusive ex who refuses to stay buried. But from the moment she steps into the quiet, guarded world of Magnus Kade, she knows she’s crossed into dangerous territory.

Magnus is no ordinary patient.

He’s a man who built empires in silence. A man who bleeds in private and commands without a word. After a near-fatal shooting abroad, his recovery has become more than a matter of medicine — it’s a battle between his will and the demons clawing at his control.

And Maxine?

She’s the first person to ever make him lose it.

From the start, their connection burns — fierce, unspoken, impossible to contain. Maxine tries to keep her distance, reminding herself she’s there to work, not to feel. But Magnus sees through every wall she builds. He doesn’t just want her near him — he wants her safe, even if that means protecting her from the ghosts she won’t name.

When her violent past resurfaces and his enemies close in, the line between patient and protector shatters. Secrets come to light. Loyalties fracture. And in the quiet halls of Magnus’s secluded château, two people who’ve spent their lives surviving alone will have to decide whether they can risk everything — power, freedom, pride — for something far more love.