Heartless

Desire is easy. Walking away from it is the real danger.

She's known from the start that he isn't her type. Too charming, too careless, too used to women falling at his feet. Introduced through mutual friends, Damien Wheeler makes a sport of getting under her skin, needling her with lazy smiles and whispered provocations at every crossing of their paths.

Eliza Jenkins refuses to be another notch on his bedpost and ignoring him should be simple. Which, of course, makes winding her up far too tempting. She ignores his smirks, rolls her eyes at his charm, and pretends the heat sparking between them doesn't exist.

Until circumstance leaves Damien as her only ride home.

Alone in the quiet dark, the tension they've been pretending isn't there snaps tight. The teasing turns charged, and reckless curiosity pushes Eliza to test the rumours for herself.

But some sparks don't burn out, they wait.