She needed a fake boyfriend to survive the holidays, but she got a predator in the bedroom instead.
Everly Saint she could handle a week back in her suffocating hometown. She was wrong. Desperate to escape her family's relentless matchmaking, she invents a serious boyfriend. But lies have a price, and Grayson Pierce is ready to collect.He demands she sleep in his bed to sell the ruse. Behind closed doors, the childhood resentment morphs into something far darker... moreShe needed a fake boyfriend to survive the holidays, but she got a predator in the bedroom instead.
Everly Saint she could handle a week back in her suffocating hometown. She was wrong. Desperate to escape her family's relentless matchmaking, she invents a serious boyfriend. But lies have a price, and Grayson Pierce is ready to collect.He demands she sleep in his bed to sell the ruse. Behind closed doors, the childhood resentment morphs into something far darker. Grayson is no longer the boy she left behind. He is a commanding force who uses their proximity to torment her with rough touches and filthy whispers. He wants to break her walls down until she begs for the very things she claims to hate.As the fake boyfriend ruse turns into very real nights of breathless submission, Everly realizes the danger isn't getting caught by their parents. It is losing herself to the man she invited into her bed. Grayson doesn't just want to play pretend. He intends to claim her for good.
This standalone book has themes of stepbrother romance, fake dating, bully romance, forced proximity, degradation, and holiday romance. less
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