A Kiss Of Lust

The curse might kill me. But he’ll break me first.

The protector.
The fixer my stepmother hired.
The man who’s supposed to keep me alive until my curse runs out.

On my twentieth birthday, one touch of a spindle is supposed to steal my life. A curse older than I am, carved into my family’s bloodline. My father believes it. My stepmother obsesses over it.

But I don’t.
I refuse to.

Then Max Landers walks into my world—dark-eyed, broad-shouldered, older, and dangerous—and suddenly the curse isn’t the scariest thing anymore. He is.

He’s supposed to protect me.
He’s supposed to keep me out of danger.
Instead, he tempts me closer to it.

Because if I fall asleep, only one kiss can wake me.
And if it’s his… it won’t just ruin the curse.
It will ruin me.

This is a modern Sleeping Beauty retelling featuring an alpha protector, a rebellious heiress, and scorching tension that blurs every line between protection and obsession. A standalone steamy erotic romance for 18+ readers.