UNDER HIS SKIN "He was trained to control every situation. He never expected one stubborn doctor to get under his skin." Adrian Vale, twenty-nine, has spent his life mastering one thing: control. As a highly skilled security chief, he is cold, calculated, and almost impossible to intimidate. He follows protocols, gives orders, and never lets emotions interfere with his work. To Adrian, every problem has a solution, every threat has a weakness, and every situation can be controlled. Until he meets Dr. Lucian Reyes. At thirty, Lucian is a brilliant trauma surgeon with a sharp tongue, an intimidating presence, and absolutely no patience for arrogant men who think they can order everyone around. He saves lives for a living, and he refuses to let anyone-including a stubborn bodyguard with a god complex-tell him how to do his job. Their first meeting is anything but pleasant. Adrian wants to return to duty despite his injuries. Lucian wants him to stay in bed and follow medical instructions. Neither man is willing to back down, and their arguments quickly become a battle of pride, sarcasm, and dangerously lingering glances. Adrian has faced armed enemies without hesitation, yet one grumpy doctor can make him lose his composure with a single sentence. Lucian, meanwhile, finds Adrian unbearably controlling, annoyingly attractive, and far too good at hiding whatever he feels. As dangerous assignments, unexpected encounters, jealousy, and buried secrets pull them closer, Adrian begins to realize that protecting someone is different from controlling them. And Lucian discovers that even the most guarded heart might be worth understanding-if its owner would only stop acting like an impenetrable fortress. However, falling in love is never simple when both men have walls they refuse to lower. One is trained to take every risk for others. The other is determined never to let anyone decide his fate. Welcome to UNDER HIS SKIN.

OWNED BY OBSESSION An MM Romance | Mafia | Dark Romance | Thriller | Rom-Com | MPREG "He was born to control everything-until he met the one person who refused to obey." Sa mundong pinamumunuan ng kapangyarihan, pera, at dugo, natutunan ni Zephran Devereaux na ang tiwala ay kahinaan at ang pag-ibig ay isang panganib na hindi dapat suungin. Bilang tagapagmana ng isa sa pinakamakapangyarihang mafia families sa bansa, sanay siyang sumunod ang lahat sa bawat utos niya. Isang tingin lang niya, sapat na para manahimik ang mga tao. Isang desisyon lang, maaaring magbago ang buhay ng isang tao-o tuluyang magwakas. Cold, calculating, possessive, and dangerously intelligent, Zephran has always believed that emotions are weaknesses that enemies can exploit. Para sa kaniya, everything has a price, everyone has a secret, and nobody deserves his trust. Until one unexpected night, he met Caelum Rosenthal. Isang ordinaryong lalaki na walang balak makialam sa marahas na mundo ni Zephran. Matapang, palaban, independent, at may bibig na tila hindi marunong matakot, si Caelum ang unang taong hindi basta yumuyuko sa harap ng isang Devereaux. Hindi siya sanay sa mga lalaking tulad ni Zephran-mga lalaking akala mo ay kayang bilhin ang buong mundo at kontrolin ang bawat taong nasa paligid nila. At higit sa lahat, hindi niya kayang manahimik kapag alam niyang mali ang isang tao, gaano man ito kayaman, kalakas, o kapanganib. Dapat isang gabing puno lang ng dugo at gulo ang pagtatagpo nila. Isang simpleng encounter. Isang sugatang estranghero. Isang lalaking nagkataong nasa maling lugar sa maling oras. Pero minsan, ang pinakamaliit na desisyon ang nagiging simula ng pinakamalaking pagbabago. Welcome to OWNED BY OBSESSION. Where love is dangerous, loyalty is tested, secrets refuse to stay buried, and the line between obsession and devotion becomes dangerously thin.