Point Dume

She married for safety. She fell for something dangerous.

Vicki Brooks clawed her way out of poverty the only way she knew how—by becoming exactly what wealthy men wanted. Now she's the wife of billionaire Drew Mercer, living in a Malibu mansion with ocean views and closets full of designer clothes. She should be grateful. She should be happy.

She's never felt more invisible.

Then she meets Tristan.

Drew's son is everything his father isn't—warm where Drew is distant, present where Drew is absent, and dangerous in ways Vicki can't afford to explore. He looks at her like she's a person, not a possession. He asks questions no one has ever asked. And when he touches her, she feels alive for the first time in years.

But Tristan isn't just forbidden—he's impossible. An affair with her husband's son would destroy the careful life Vicki has built. It would expose secrets from her past that could ruin her. And Drew Mercer isn't the kind of man who loses gracefully.

When Vicki is forced to choose between the safety she's always craved and the love she never expected, she'll discover that some cages are made of gold—and the only way out is to burn everything down.

A steamy, emotionally charged romance about second chances, impossible choices, and finding yourself in the wreckage of the life you thought you wanted.

For readers who Forbidden romance • Morally complex heroines • Found family • Malibu settings • Steam with emotional depth