The Duke
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Everything I am is built on discipline, distance, and rules carved in stone. Women never last. Family always disappoints. It's why I focus on the one thing I can that never fails... my private security company.
That is... until she storms onto my jet. All attitude, secrets, and eyes that hide more pain than she'll ever admit. But I'm not fooled. I see her. The pain she buries behind sarcasm and stubbornness. I recognize it because that same ache lives in me.
One kiss unravels me. I run, pretending I'm still in control, but deep down I know the truth?that kiss rewrote my entire future.
But when I stumble upon a secret that affects her life, rage consumes me. Protecting her feels less like a choice and more like destiny. The truth?Ingrid Lennox is mine. Heaven help anyone foolish enough to get in my way.
Now I have an uphill battle to convince her I'm worth the fall. Good thing I've never backed down from a challenge.
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C. R. Riley doesn't believe in rules when it comes to romance. Her books are bold, emotional, and unapologetically steamy, spanning tropes like enemies to lovers, grumpy/sunshine, secret pasts, and forbidden attraction.
What ties them all together? Deep emotional connection, crackling sexual tension, and characters who love like it's the only thing keeping them alive.
Writing across sub-genres, C. R. thrives in the chaos of big emotions, tough choices, and the kind of love that doesn't come easy?but always feels earned. Her goal is simple: give readers stories they feel in their chest and remember long after the final page.
