​TO OWN A MASTERPIECE ​He was a luxury she didn't need. Now, he's the only air she can breathe. ​Elaine Vance is a woman of steel, obsidian, and absolute silence. The billionaire head of a global logistics empire, she survived a childhood tragedy by turning her heart into a high-performance machine. She doesn't do "love"-she does acquisitions. And her most prized possession is Hyunwoo Kang. ​Bought for a fortune to save his family, Hyunwoo is the perfect asset: beautiful, soft, and meticulously curated. For three years, he has lived as her "Little Bird" in a sanctuary of glass and silk, a masterpiece designed to soothe her jagged edges. He is the anchor that keeps her ship from drifting into the abyss of her own trauma. ​But even a masterpiece has a soul. ​When Hyunwoo tests the boundaries of his gilded cage, seeking a life beyond the sterile perfection Elaine provides, the "Machine" begins to glitch. As the line between protector and captor blurs, a single "variable" threatens to shatter their carefully constructed world. ​In a house where silence is a weapon and beauty is a contract, Hyunwoo must decide if he is willing to be the foundation of her broken world-and Elaine must learn that the one thing she finally owns is the one thing she can never truly control. ​An intoxicating, dark, and lushly written tale of obsession, power, and the high price of sanctuary.

𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝-𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝟏𝟖+ | 𝒏𝒆𝒓𝒅 𝒙 𝒑𝒐𝒑𝒖𝒍𝒂𝒓 𝒈𝒊𝒓𝒍 Freya Everson doesn't do relationships. She likes control, fun, and hooking up with men who don't stay long enough to hurt her. After one too many emotionally unavailable disasters, she swore she'd never fall again. No commitments. No expectations. No weakness. Then she meets Jace Vaughn. Her best friend's cousin. Shy. Quiet. A so-called innocent nerd with an angel's face and eyes that linger a second too long on her body. He's not her type, but the more she teases him, pushes him, and tests him, the more she realizes something dangerous. Jace isn't as innocent as he looks. And for the first time, Freya isn't the one in control. What starts as a game turns into something far more consuming than a simple hookup. The question isn't whether Jace can handle Freya. It's whether Freya can handle falling for him. 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐑𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐑𝐄 𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐄. 𝐓𝐑𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐏𝐘, 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐈'𝐋𝐋 𝐓𝐀𝐊𝐄 𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍. 𝐈 𝐃𝐎𝐍'𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒, 𝐎𝐑 𝐅𝐀𝐍𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒.