Crossing The Line: A Second Chance Billionaire Romance (The Lords v Groves of New York City Book 1)

Some wounds never fully heal—especially when the man who caused them looks even better a decade later.

Paisley Grove has spent years building her life in New York City, carefully constructing walls thick enough to keep one person out: Hercules Lord. Heir to the most powerful family in the country. Her family's greatest rival. And the only man who ever made her forget every reason she should stay away from him.

When one glittering Manhattan celebration throws them back into each other's orbit, Paisley is determined to keep things civil, distant, and completely professional. Hercules has other ideas. He's no longer the reckless boy who once stole her heart and shattered it in the same breath—he's sharper now, more deliberate, and entirely too focused on her.

The Lords and Groves have been enemies for generations, locked in a rivalry woven into the very fabric of New York's elite society. Every stolen glance between Paisley and Hercules is a betrayal. Every accidental touch, a scandal waiting to happen. And yet, the pull between them is impossible to ignore, old history crackling back to life with an intensity that frightens them both.

He's bound by legacy, obligation, and a family that will never accept her. She's built her independence on the promise of never crossing this particular line again.

But Hercules Lord didn't become one of New York's most powerful men by accepting limitations—and this time, he's not letting her go without a fight.