Intrigued

It was supposed to be another cold and lonely winter. Then, the Blackstones came calling.


One snowed-in week. One favor she couldn’t refuse. And one dangerous man she was never meant to want.


Jasper Blackstone has spent his entire life cleaning up the messes his powerful family leaves behind. As the eldest brother, he’s cold, controlled, and powerful enough to ruin lives without ever raising his voice. He learned long ago that love is a weakness, trust is dangerous, and vulnerability gets people destroyed. He never loses composure.


Until her.


World-class journalist Holly Henderson didn't know what she was agreeing to when she accepted the Blackstones' invitation. She only knew she owed them a debt, and that spending the holidays trapped inside their ancestral estate during the worst storm of the season was better than spending them alone.


She didn't expect Jasper. And she definitely didn't expect him to look at her like he wants to tear her world apart.


Distance becomes impossible. So does pretending she doesn’t feel the way his dark gaze strips her bare. What begins as a tense clash of wills quickly spirals into an absolute obsession.


But falling for Jasper doesn’t just break boundaries—it places Holly in the crosshairs of a ruthless corporate empire where desire is leverage, loyalty is currency, and loving the wrong man could cost her everything. He’s forbidden for a reason. But every rule she’s lived by unravels the moment he touches her.


Intrigued is a deeply emotional billionaire romance about forbidden attraction, family loyalty, dangerous secrets, and the powerful man who never planned to fall first. It’s the first book in The Forbidden Billionaire Trilogy in The Blackstones series by bestselling author Z.L. Arkadie.