Forbidden Stranger

“She only wanted a chance at love. She never expected that the one man who truly saw her, challenged her and lifted her higher would be the person she was never meant to meet. Twenty-four-year-old Janyia Hefling enters Peryn City's most competitive career program hoping to escape the weight of being the eldest of six, the expectations of her quietly struggling family, and the constant pressure to prove she's more than her circumstances. She wasn't expecting him. Eric Dusine-calm, brilliant, effortlessly playful, a tech CEO who neither looks nor acts the part. A man who notices things he shouldn't: her humor, her fire, her ambition... her. Their connection is instant. Their chemistry is sharp enough to cut. But neither of them knows the secret powerful enough to unravel everything they're building-before it even begins. When a long-buried truth surfaces, it doesn't just endanger their growing bond, it shakes the foundation of who they believe they are. Heartbreaking yet meaningful. Emotional with threads of humor. Intense enough to ache. This is the story of two souls drawn together by fate only to discover that fate came with a warning label.”