Kai Young is all ice-cold control and propriety—until Isabella Valencia, a chaotic force of purple hair and irreverent humor, barrels into his carefully ordered world and threatens to upend everything. With a critical CEO vote looming and a media empire hanging in the balance, the billionaire heir absolutely cannot afford the distraction she represents, yet every glance and touch tempts him to shatter his rigid rules. Isabella has charmed her way through life without breaking a sweat, but the reserved, infuriatingly brilliant Kai is her kryptonite—and the one man she's supposed to avoid at all costs. When forbidden desire finally wins out over their best intentions, both discover that some rules are made to be broken...even if the cost might be everything.

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