Broken Rules

One weekend. One suite. One rule neither of them can keep.

Vanessa came to Zurich for one last reckless escape before she locked her heart away for good. Mark came for silence, for control, for anything that didn’t feel like feeling.

Then their eyes met across the hotel bar.

No names. No promises. No tomorrow. That was the deal.

But one touch turned into one night. One night turned into silk ties, whispered commands, and the kind of surrender that doesn’t feel like losing.

He doesn’t break her. He teaches her how good it feels to let go. She doesn’t obey. She chooses.

By Monday morning the snow has stopped falling, but they’re both on their knees (him for the first time in his life, her for the first time without fear).

A scorching, deeply emotional Christmas standalone Billionaire chess-master meets the woman who rewrites every rule Dominant, tender, and intensely addictive Sometimes the most dangerous move is letting someone catch you when you fall.

Description

“He didn’t ask for my trust. He earned it.”

Vanessa arrives in Zurich with one goal: to outrun the past and the man who once taught her to submit without safety.
Mark Monroe has spent years burying his anger in meaningless nights and perfectly controlled lies. Until a chance encounter at a medical conference makes him face everything he thought he’d forgotten.

What begins as conversation and whisky becomes a weekend of rules, care, and discovery.
In his world, dominance isn’t punishment, it’s devotion. And for the first time, Vanessa learns that surrender can heal instead of hurt.

Between hotel rooms and half-truths, two people learn that love doesn’t fix you. It meets you where you’re broken… and stays.
Tender, addictive, and unapologetically sensual, Broken Rules is a standalone romance from The Hostile Takeover Universe, a story of trust, desire, and the power of choosing each other without limits.