Harper Calhoun
Harper Calhoun
Lena knows how to restore damaged things without pretending the damage never happened. That skill becomes dangerous when her work exposes patterns in a riverfront redevelopment scheme someone powerful wants left buried. Silas, president of Iron Vow, is older, harder, and accustomed to having men move when he speaks. He has spent years dragging his club toward legitimate ground without pretending its past is clean. Lena is the one person who looks at his authority and says the word he least wants to hear: ask. Their attraction is immediate and inconvenient. The age between them is real. So are the enemies tightening around Lena’s restoration work. Silas can protect her from a threat. Keeping her requires something harder—learning that love does not give him permission to arrange her life, and that the woman he wants will only stay if the choice remains hers.