Keep The Obsidian Key

"The cruelest lock is the one that opens from inside. It lets you believe you chose to stay."

Celeste Wynn is a brilliant forensic accountant dealing blackjack at the Halcyon Casino to survive her mother's crushing medical debt. Desperate to keep a predatory collector at bay, she systematically skims chips from her tables. She thinks she is invisible. She is wrong.

Gideon Rooke, the billionaire architect and owner of the Halcyon, sees everything. When he catches Celeste stealing, he offers her a devastating choice: go to the police, or take an obsidian key and live in his sealed penthouse suite for ninety days.

Celeste chooses the cage. But as she settles into the Sable Suite, the terrifying truth begins to unravel. The coffee machine is programmed to her exact taste. The bookshelf holds her favorite thrillers. Gideon didn't just catch a thief—he spent fourteen months obsessively studying her, buying her mother's debt, and designing the perfect trap before she ever palmed a single chip.

Trapped in a glass tower with a man who watches her every move, Celeste decides to fight back using the only weapon she has: her brilliant mind. As she audits Gideon's empire from the inside, she uncovers a massive money-laundering scheme running through his VIP tables. Now, the man who built her cage might be the only one who can protect her from the predators circling his casino.

Keep the Obsidian Key is a dark, psychological romance about obsession, control, and the blurred lines between captivity and protection.