They built a game where touch was everything... Except the one thing they feared most.

Aris Thorne, a brilliant architect who fortifies her heart with blueprints, never loses control. Kaelan Wolfe, a charismatic chef whose past taught him love is a debt paid in grief, never lets anyone in. When their worlds collide on a high-stakes project, an explosive spark ignites a dangerous pact: explore every line of desire... except the final surrender.

Their game of exquisite torment draws them deeper. Stolen touches in wine cellars, whispered promises in moonlight, bodies mapped like sacred ground. But when past demons and present betrayals threaten to shatter their fragile intimacy, their greatest risk isn't losing the game. It's surrendering to a love that demands everything they've locked away.

Dare to play where control is the ultimate illusion?