Hated, Hidden Love

Three years after Lucian became the man Adrian Hawthorne hates most—blamed for his parents’ deaths—he returns to the Hawthorne estate with a dangerous secret. By night, Lucian becomes Eli, Adrian’s gentle, hidden lover and the one person Adrian swears he can’t live without. But as familiar scars, shared habits, and an unexpected pregnancy begin to connect Eli to the enemy Adrian despises, their double life starts to unravel. Behind the hatred lies a deadly family conspiracy, a sacrifice made in silence, and a love Adrian has been too blind to recognize. When every disguise finally falls away, he must face the cruelest truth of all: the lover he wanted to protect and the man he wanted to destroy have always been the same person.