Ruthless

Everett Winthrop is my guardian. My jailer. And my father's oldest friend.

For one year, I'm his. Trapped in his isolated manor, living by his suffocating rules. He's forty-two and burdened by a promise to a dead man. I'm twenty-two and fighting for a life he's determined to control.

I'm supposed to be his ward. A responsibility. A ghost from his past.

But the way he looks at me when he thinks I'm not watching is anything but paternal. It's dark, possessive, and utterly forbidden.

I came here to fight for my freedom. I never expected to be fighting a war against my own heart. He's determined to keep his distance, to honor his duty. But in this house, some rules are made to be broken. 

He was supposed to be my protector. Instead, he's become my most dangerous temptation.