BEHOLD THE HEIRHe is the one man she cannot lose. He is the one man she was never meant to need.Brigitte McKinsey built her life on precision. Every choice, every breath, every calculated victory has been shaped to prove she is the rightful heir to her family's empire. She learned early that affection was dangerous, vulnerability was a weakness, and love was something that cost more than it ever gave.Now the board is preparing to challenge her claim. The cousin who wants her power is circling. The father who raised her in steel and silence is unraveling under his regrets. The company she has sacrificed her life for is slipping toward the hands of someone who sees her as an obstacle to remove.There is one person who has never looked away.One person who sees the fractures beneath her armor.One person she swore she would never allow close.Mark Finney.Her second in command.Her equal in strategy.Her opposite in every way that matters.He is steady where she is sharp. Quiet where she is guarded. He knows how to anchor her when the ground starts to crack. He also knows exactly how dangerous it would be to touch her. Their connection has always been a silent, unspoken thing that neither of them can afford to name.Until the night she breaks first.What follows is not gentle. It is not simple. It is not safe.Brigitte must choose whether to cling to the identity she built or allow herself to feel something real for the first time in her life. Mark must decide whether devotion means standing beside her or walking into the fire with her.The boardroom becomes a battlefield.Their history becomes an open wound.Their future requires a cost neither of them is certain they can pay.This is a love story about two people who have never been allowed to want anything for themselves.It is a story of inheritance, power, longing, and the quiet violence of being truly seen.It is a romance that does not ask to be safe. It asks to be true.For readers who crave: - Slow burn tension that aches- Emotional intimacy that feels dangerous- Power, devotion, and vulnerability in equal measure- Characters who break and rebuild themselves- A love story earned through fireBEHOLD THE HEIR is a deeply emotional dark romance about power, sacrifice, and the kind of love that changes everything it touches.Gravity is expensive.Gravity is dangerous.Gravity is intimate.