A gilded sanctuary. A dangerous obsession. A love that could cost them everything.

Dr. Elizabeth Reyes thought she had escaped the gravity of the Donahue estate. But when a relationship leaves her battered, she runs to the only safe harbor she knows—the estate where she grew up as the housekeeper’s daughter. Returning home means facing the ghosts of her past, including the one man she has spent nine years trying to forget.

Matthew Donahue is New York royalty. A billionaire CEO and front-running Senate candidate, his life looks immaculate from the outside.

In reality, he is trapped in a loveless marriage built on toxic family secrets and political blackmail. But Matthew has a secret of his own: an all-consuming obsession with Elizabeth. For years, he has watched her from the shadows, ensuring her success while keeping his dangerous world far away from her.

When Elizabeth arrives at his gates broken and bleeding, Matthew’s iron-clad restraint shatters. He will do whatever it takes to protect her and punish the man who hurt her.

As the undeniable heat between them reignites, Elizabeth must decide if she can trust a man wrapped in secrets. And Matthew must choose between the political dynasty he was bred to inherit, and the woman he would burn the world down to keep.

In his world, love does not save. It does not forgive. It is not kind. It is not selfless.

When a man like Matthew Donahue falls, he goes down with guns blazing.

He leaves carnage in his wake.

Billionaire Romance & Hidden Agendas: A wealthy political family masking deep, dark secrets.
Age-Gap / Childhood Guardian: A shared history spanning over a decade that complicates their explosive present dynamic.
"Touch Her and You Die": An obsessively devoted, morally gray anti-hero who will physically dismantle anyone who harms her.
Second Chance / Forbidden Love: She’s the help’s daughter; he’s the married heir.
CARNAGE IN HIS WAKE is Book One in a duet and ends on a cliffhanger.