They say it’s better to give than to receive

But this Christmas, my stepfather plans to take everything.

Cohen Astor is ruthless, dangerously handsome, and impossibly patient. For years, he’s been watching, waiting, biding his time. And now, with every piece of his plan in place, he’s ready to claim what’s his.

Me.

For as long as I can remember, my life has belonged to my mother—I’m a carefully placed piece in her glittering lifestyle empire. But Cohen doesn’t see me as something to be used. He sees me as his obsession, the one thing he’s hungered for in silence, the one temptation he can no longer resist.

But taking me means war—war between my mother and the lawyer who holds the Savage Society’s darkest secrets.

He’s the perfect predator.

The ultimate temptation.

My unholy salvation.

And this holiday, beneath the twinkling lights, I’ll be unwrapped, undone, and utterly his.

Because Cohen didn’t marry my mother for love…

He married her for me.