Blackthorn Brothers #2- interconnected standalone Interracial Crime Dark romance Possessive False marriage Age gap Mental health rep Ryker Blackthorn follows the rules, his father’s rules. He’s loyal, brutal when needed, and dangerously effective. But his temper? That’s the weapon Warren Blackthorn wields best. So when Ryker is forced into a marriage with the fierce, untameable daughter of a rival family, just to settle an old debt, his father expects him to handle it the only way he knows how: with force. He doesn’t want a wife. He doesn’t want her, loud-mouthed, stubborn, and completely uninterested in being a pawn. But the more she pushes him, the more he’s drawn to her fire. What begins as resentment turns into desire, then something even more dangerous, love. And when the deal is done and she’s free to walk away, Ryker is left chasing something he never thought he needed. Now, he’ll have to face the wreckage of what they’ve become, and prove that behind the fury, there’s a man worth loving.
