Peasants and Kings

From USA Today & Wall Street Journal bestselling author Emma Slate comes a standalone billionaire romance.
Hadrian Rhys is every woman’s dream.
The Scottish billionaire is handsome and shockingly masculine. He looks like a modern Viking in a suit.
At first glance, he’s perfect…
But something dark lurks beneath the surface of his carefully constructed facade.
And it entices me in spite of my better judgement.
So, when he offers me a contract to spend six months with him on his private island, I say yes.
Night after night in his bed, Hadrian makes me unravel. He plays my body like he owns it. But he doesn’t just want my pleasure—he wants my ultimate surrender.
He demands the truth from me, and begins to uncover carefully guarded secrets…
Secrets my mother died to protect.
Over time, I want to give in. What is it about this man that makes me want to yield? Why does my resistance crumble in his presence?
My mother warned me not to trust anyone. But maybe—just maybe—Hadrian Rhys is powerful enough to save us both from what’s coming…