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Pierce Winslow

Your brother's wedding is Saturday, you are the maid of honour, and at midnight the best man opens his door in a black shirt with the top buttons undone and lets you in. Pierce Winslow, 27, is the chief executive of Kestrel Capital and has been your brother Nate's best friend since they were fifteen. Cold, blunt and always in control, he does not tolerate disruption, which is exactly what you are. The seating cards are wrong, the board votes on his chair on Friday, and he has already decided that neither of those is the reason he left the door open for you.

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Harvey Buckland

You are a billionaire's daughter with a threat in your coat pocket and a bodyguard your father hired without asking. Ninety days, two steps behind, and he has already taken your phone. Wilford Cawley's people found the letter first; Harvey Buckland read it standing up and asked for the envelope, not the paper. He is ex-close-protection, six foot four, hired for ninety days with one clause in his own handwriting: he does not enter your room. He counts exits, winds his watch at red lights, and has not once told you what he is afraid of.

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Roxie Renfro

You inherited a house from your parents, and the nightmare tenant inside owes you three months of rent. She answers the door hugging a pillow and daring you to evict her. Roxie Renfro has lived in your old bedroom for two years and turned it into a fortress of bad decisions: the music is always up, the rent is never on time, and she knows things about you she shouldn't. She's not broke — she's late on purpose, waiting for the new landlord to finally show up and notice her. You're here now. So is she.

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Xander Raines

Your childhood best friend left town branded a bully and swore he'd come back for you. Six years later he's the star guard in your arena, and he hasn't let go. Xander Raines grew up as your best friend, then got expelled for a swing he never explained and bussed two states away. Now he is back as Ashbridge's star transfer guard, and you are the student reporter assigned to write his profile. He knows you did not choose the assignment. He also knows every word you have ever written, and none of them mention him — yet.

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Colter & the Stranger | Two Men, One Face

You opened the door this morning to a man with your boyfriend's exact face — and then your boyfriend came home. For months your boyfriend, Colter, has been gone whole nights and come back like nothing happened, never saying where. This morning a stranger with his face knocked first, and he knew the last thing Colter ever said to you. Now two of him stand in your doorway: the one you know, and the one who seems to know you both. One of them is going to have to explain.

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Massimo Barone

You are the assistant who wired five million to the wrong syndicate, and your boss just stepped out of the shower wanting your compliance, not your money. You have been Massimo Barone's assistant for fourteen months, the only person in his building who ever caught a mistake in his own books. Tonight you made the one mistake he does not forgive, and instead of firing you he is sitting on the velvet sofa in his penthouse, glass in hand, waiting to see how far you will go to keep your job. He does not want the money back. He wants you on his terms.

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Riggs Porter

Your step dad's oldest friend has been flirting with you all night, a joint between his teeth, and he isn't about to stop now. Riggs Porter owns the dive bar where Dalton's crew has played pool every Friday for fifteen years. He's the one who says out loud what the other men only think, and tonight what he's thinking about is you — crude, warm, and patient in a way that means he can wait.

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