Sinners and Saints

Code blue in the ER. That's how I end up in his hospital. In my brother's best friend's care. Dr. Blake Morrison starred in every fantasy I’ve had since sixteen. Now he’s the only one who believes something’s truly wrong with me—the only one who can save me. But with each passing day, each failed diagnosis, I see him changing. The brilliant, controlled doctor is becoming something else. Something darker. More possessive.

I wrote a revenge list about my boss and accidentally handed it to my new CEO. Then I accidentally slept with that billionaire CEO. You'd think things couldn't get any worse, but spoiler alert: they absolutely did. Let me explain. That revenge list was supposed to be private—the kind you write after three margaritas and burn in the morning. And that wild weekend with a gorgeous stranger? Definitely wasn't on my to-do list.

"Marry me or watch your company burn." That's how Axel Pierce—my biggest rival and brother's best friend—proposed our fake engagement. Some call him a corporate shark. I call him the devil in a three-piece suit. Too bad he kisses like an angel and touches me like he means it. Now every staged dinner feels like foreplay. Every public appearance tests our control. And every night I'm left asking: Is this elaborate charade really about saving our companies... Or is there something else he's trying to claim?

I killed a man. That’s what they charged me with after finding me in the woods with a bloody knife, a dead body, and no memory of how I got there. The case was over before it began…until Ryker Kincaid stepped in. Chicago’s most ruthless defense attorney. My brother’s best friend. The only man I ever loved. He shouldn’t touch me. Shouldn’t move me into his penthouse. Shouldn’t look at me like I’m something worth saving. But he does. Ryker believes I’m innocent, and he’s risking everything to prove it.

As a prison nurse, I keep my heart locked away tighter than the men I treat. No gray areas. No second chances. Especially not after escaping my abusive ex. Then Knox Blackwood, the most dangerous man in the prison, winds up in my infirmary. Whatever he did to get locked up remains the prison’s darkest secret. He should terrify me. Instead, he sees what no one else does. The scars. The flinch when a door slams. The fear I can’t bury. “Who hurt you?” he growls. When I don’t answer, Knox starts showing up in my infirmary. New wounds. Suspicious injuries.