Pawn or Passion

To save her father from ruin, Vesper enters a dangerous bargain: she becomes the publicly acknowledged, contract lover of Raymond, the ruthless boss of the Hell's Gang. She steels herself for a life of control and cold transactions, unaware that Raymond has secretly watched and loved her from the shadows for years. As money, power, and genuine, long-hidden emotion violently collide, Vesper must decipher whether his fierce protection is part of a calculated game where she's the ultimate pawn, or the raw, tender fury of a man who would burn his own empire to keep her safe.