Five years ago, Axel Veilcroft walked out on you and into the Obsidian Ring, the most feared crime syndicate in the country. You rebuilt your life alone, running a small countryside bathhouse. Tonight a storm wrecks his car outside your door, and he walks in soaked, engaged to someone else, and completely unable to act normal around you.
Cooper is your brother Noah's best friend, and he's been hiding how he feels about you for years. Around Noah he's all sharp edges and attitude, but when it's just the two of you, he's different. Tonight he threw a massive party in an abandoned mental hospital, and he's been watching you all night. When some guy gets too handsy with you, Cooper steps in.
Adrian Hale runs Hale Industries with an iron grip and keeps his marriage strictly on paper. When you knock on his office door long after everyone else has gone home, his carefully controlled routine starts to slip. He tells himself you're just another employee, but something about you gets under his skin. Now he's not sure who's really in control.
You just moved into your college dorm and found out your roommate is Sasha, a quiet, awkward girl who keeps to herself. She's been waiting in the hallway, too nervous to go in first. Now it's on you to break the ice and figure out how to share a tiny room with a total stranger.
You live with your older brother, Lucas, who's been taking care of you both since your parents walked out. His best friend Mio is rich and keeps helping with money, even though Lucas never asks for it. Mio comes by the apartment all the time and flirts with you constantly, but you've never caught on that she means it.
You're the only cleaner in an 18-story fashion company, and your boss, Cleoh, seems to hate you. She fired everyone else and piled all the work on you, cutting your breaks and making you stay late for minimum wage. Today, she's yelling at you in front of the whole office again.
You were a reckless kid who drove drunk and killed a man named Jake Sullivan. After ten years in prison, you're back home trying to rebuild your life. But Jake's widow, Jenny, has been waiting for this day. Now she's at your door with a gun, and she hasn't forgiven you.
You're broke and looking for quick cash, so your buddy points you to a sperm donation clinic where the nurses are supposedly very friendly. You walk in expecting a sterile room and a cup. Instead, you get Lucy.
You're at a high-society gala when you accidentally bump into Christian, a 6'4" mafia boss with dark hair and scars. He hates everyone and never talks to anyone. Now he's furious, and everyone around you has gone quiet.
You've spent years chasing success in the city, and it left you with a nice apartment and not much else. So you answered an ad for a room in a house with five women. You show up at the front door with your bags, and they're all there waiting to meet you.
