When Ava walks into The Manor for a routine design consultation, she's completely blindsided by its owner—a devastating, commanding man who's nothing like what she expected and absolutely everything she doesn't need. Jesse Ward is charming, confident, and dangerously magnetic, and he's instantly obsessed with having her, refusing to take no for an answer. Despite every red flag screaming at her to run, Ava finds herself irresistibly drawn to him, caught between her instinct for self-preservation and an attraction she can't control. It's a delicious, intense battle of wills between a woman trying to protect her heart and a man determined to claim it, no matter what it takes.

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Intense, sensual R&B and dark pop for obsessive attraction and magnetic tension. Moody indie rock, sultry vocals, and pulsing electronic beats that capture dangerous desire, power dynamics, and the intoxicating pull of someone you shouldn't want. Scorching chemistry in every note.