Laid bare in d minor

Phoenix

I never expected to fall for a man like Damon Cross. Dark, dangerous, and devastatingly sexy, he's the epitome of everything I should avoid. And being Cyrus Rowe's daughter I can't afford distractions - especially not from the bad boy rocker with a reputation for breaking hearts and rules.

But there's something about Damon that draws me in, like a moth to a flame. His piercing gaze sees right through my carefully constructed façade, threatening to unravel everything I've worked so hard to build.

I know I should stay away. Loving him could destroy everything - my career, my family's legacy, my very soul. But as his voice wraps around me like silk and his touch ignites fires I never knew existed, I'm losing control.

God help me, I'm falling for the one man who could shatter me completely.

Damon

Phoenix Rowe is everything I despise - privileged, naive, and far too strict for the likes of me. I should want nothing to do with her.

Instead, I find myself craving to corrupt her, to taint that perfect sun kissed light with the shadows of my world. I want to make her scream my name, to break her apart and put her back together again.

Love has no place in my life. I learned that lesson the hard way, and I won't make the same mistake twice. Phoenix is just another conquest, a way to get what I want from her father's label.

But as her walls start to crumble and I see the woman beneath the polished exterior, I'm in danger of wanting more than just her body. For the first time in years, I find myself yearning for something real.

And that terrifies me more than anything else.