Clean Slate

Maddy I never thought I'd be starting over at forty. But after catching my husband cheating with my best friend's little sister divorce felt like the only way to breathe again. So I decided to start over. I had no plan, no future, just heartbreak and an empty ring finger. Then I met him. Atlas-my best friend's boss at the club she worked at, who just happened to be hot as hell. He offered me a job too and something even more reckless-a contract relationship that promised no strings and no messy emotions. But feelings never follow rules. Just as I start to believe I might deserve happiness again, my ex husband claws his way back-with revenge on his mind. And Atlas? He'll burn the world to save me. Atlas I don't do relationships. I do flings. Power. Business. And then she walked in. Maddy was supposed to be a temporary distraction. Beautiful, broken, older than the usual girls I have entertaining me-but something about her made it impossible to stay away. She challenged me. Grounded me. Made me feel things I'd sworn I'd never feel. Our deal was simple. Our chemistry, anything but. But when her ex-husband shows up with a twisted plan to claim what he thinks he owns, I realize Maddy was never temporary. She's mine-and I'll stop at nothing to make sure she knows it.