Corrupt

Some men don't just take up space in a room—they own it, and Michael Crist has always owned every room Erika Fane has ever tried to hide in.

He's her boyfriend's older brother. A basketball prodigy turned pro athlete. Dangerous in the way that beautiful things often are. Rika has spent years perfecting the art of looking down when he enters, staying still when he gets too close, pretending she doesn't feel the weight of his attention like a hand around her throat. Michael notices. He always notices. And while he's never touched her, he knows something she doesn't want to admit—he already owns the parts of her that matter most.

When his brother ships off to the military and Rika finds herself alone at college, in Michael's city, without anyone to stand between them, the careful distance she's maintained her entire life collapses. Michael isn't interested in being her protector. He's interested in collecting what he's always considered his.

Corrupt is an unapologetic dark romance that refuses to flinch. It's obsession dressed up as punishment, power wrapped in something that feels terrifyingly close to devotion. This is not a slow burn—it's a fuse that's been lit for years, and watching it finally reach the powder keg is absolutely devastating.

If you want a story that challenges every boundary you thought you had, Michael Crist is waiting.