SYPNOSIS: Vesper Lenore Holloway has always been her own soldier - strong, independent, and unyielding. She grew up in a household where love, hate, and control destroyed everything, so she vowed never to fall into a relationship that could consume her. But the moment she meets Lucien Rael Vale, everything she believes in starts to crumble. Lucien - the Machine - is relentless, dangerous, and obsessed. From the second he lays eyes on Vesper, he decides she belongs to him, and nothing will change that. No matter how much she fights, no matter how hard she resists, he will have her. The problem? Vesper starts to fall just as hard, even though she knows it will ruin her. As their connection deepens, so do the forces threatening to tear them apart - a vengeful stepsister obsessed with Lucien, a former lover who refuses to let Vesper go, and a forgotten brother with a deadly grudge. Beneath the surface of obsession lies something even darker?
