BOUND BY BLOOD: The thread that saved him. The debt that claimed her.

She inherited her father’s debt. He collected her like an asset. Neither of them expected what came next.

When Harper Quinn walks into Marcus’s office, she has nothing left to offer — no money, no leverage, and no way out. What she doesn’t expect is Julian Cross.

He’s a name whispered in the darkest corners of the city. A man who owns the underground, the high-rises, and everything in between. Cold. Merciless. Untouchable.

He pays off her debt without blinking. The price? Her.

Julian doesn’t want a hostage. He wants a possession — something to control, to keep, to protect with the same ruthless efficiency he uses to run his empire. Harper tells herself she hates him. She tells herself the way her pulse jumps when he enters a room means nothing.

She tells herself a lot of things.

But Julian Cross didn’t build an empire by letting things slip through his fingers. And the more Harper fights him, the more certain he becomes: she isn’t just an asset.

She’s the only variable that could break him.

Bound by Blood is a dark, possessive romance featuring a morally grey anti-hero, an enemies-to-lovers slow burn, and a love story built in the wreckage of a criminal empire. For readers who like their heroes dangerous and their endings hard-won.