by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Enemies to Lovers, Eyes of the Unholy, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lucian Byrnes, Mafia Romance, Scarlett Hayes
After everything Scarlett survived, trust should have felt impossible. But waking beside Lucian after he taught her that control could be safe, pleasure could be chosen, and love could feel real, she understood he had become more than her protector—he had become her...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Enemies to Lovers, Eyes of the Unholy, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lucian Byrnes, Mafia Romance, Scarlett Hayes
After learning what Scarlett survived in Spain, Lucian’s vengeance became more than bloodshed. It became a vow: every hand that hurt her would answer, and every stolen moment of tenderness would be replaced by his. She was so touch-deprived it bordered on cruelty, and...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Enemies to Lovers, Eyes of the Unholy, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lucian Byrnes, Mafia Romance, Scarlett Hayes
Scarlett woke in Madrid with every truth she had been taught collapsing around her. The holy had exploited her, her father had betrayed her, and the man everyone would call a monster had become the only one who never hid what he was. How could there be a God? I wanted...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Enemies to Lovers, Eyes of the Unholy, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lucian Byrnes, Mafia Romance, Scarlett Hayes
Scarlett was surrounded by gunfire, betrayal, and the brutal truth that her own father had become a threat. But in the middle of the chaos, one certainty cut through the fear: Lucian could have used her like everyone else had, and instead, he protected her because...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Enemies to Lovers, Eyes of the Unholy, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lucian Byrnes, Mafia Romance, Scarlett Hayes
Scarlett had survived the stage performance, the blood, and Lucian dragging her out of The Black Ledger like a man possessed. But alone in his penthouse, the memory that unsettled her most was not the violence—it was realizing his fury had been about saving her. The...
by Evie James | May 15, 2026 | Enemies to Lovers, Eyes of the Unholy, Featured Quote, Forced Proximity, Lucian Byrnes, Mafia Romance, Scarlett Hayes
Lucian came to The Black Ledger with a plan. Then Scarlett met his gaze from the stage, defiant and unashamed, and the mission collapsed into something darker than strategy—something that looked a lot like possession. And when she’d met my eyes—when she’d chosen...
