“I always enjoyed the broken in the fairy tales better. The apple always looked shinier because I knew it could destroy me.”

Hard, cold, and calculated, Trent Rexroth rarely speaks, and when he does, it’s with disdain. When he does, Edie Van Der Zee’s stomach flips and her world tilts on its axis. But when he does, his words aren’t meant for her.

He is thirty-three. She is eighteen. He’s a single dad and Edie’s father’s business partner. She’s a high school senior and his enemy’s daughter. Even without any of that, Trent is emotionally unavailableand yet, when Edie comes to intern at his office, she finds herself feeling everything she shouldn’t for him.

But the two of them are doomed from the start. The writing isn’t just on the wallEdie’s father wants dirt on Trent to cut him out of their business, and is blackmailing Edie into getting it for him. She’s lying, stealing, plotting Trent’s downfall, all the while fighting the forbidden heat between them.

She can’t stay away. And as it turns out, neither can Trent.

A scandal is the last thing the Van Der Zee family needs. But a scandal is exactly what Edie’s going to give them.

Paperback – 336 pages

From Washington Post, USA Today, and #1 Amazon bestselling author LJ Shen comes her bestselling Sinners of Saint series. Trent Rexroth is Edie’s father’s business partner, off-limits and far too old for him. And yet, when their feud evolves into a forbidden affair, they find themselves risking everything they hold dear.

“I always enjoyed the broken in the fairy tales better. The apple always looked shinier because I knew it could destroy me.”

Edie

They call him the Mute for a reason. Hard, cold and calculated, he rarely speaks. When he does, its with disdain. When he does, his words arent meant for me. When he does, my stomach flips and my world tilts on its axis.

He is thirty-three. I am eighteen. Hes a single dad and my fathers business partner. Im just a kid to him and his enemys daughter. Hes emotionally unavailable. And I amfeeling. Feeling things I shouldnt feel for him.

Trent Rexroth is going to break my heart. The writing isnt just on the wall, its inked on my soul.

And yet, I cant stay away.

A scandal is the last thing my family needs. But a scandal is what were going to give them.

And oh, what beautiful chaos it will be.

Content warnings: relationship between an 18-year-old woman and 33-year-old man, nonverbal child, parental neglect, abandonment, substance abuse, mental illness, blackmail, drug use, mention of suicide