Deep Heat: A Contemporary Billionaire Romance

Julian Ashford knows how to be exactly what every room requires.Charming. Useful. Untouchable.As heir to one of the world's most powerful luxury hotel families, Julian has spent his life smoothing over tension, softening hard truths, and making sure no one looks too closely at what hides beneath the Ashford name.Then Seraphine Cole walks into his boardroom.Brilliant, precise, and impossible to charm, Seraphine is a forensic hospitality consultant hired to audit the Ashford Group's billion-dollar merger. Her job is simple: follow the evidence, find the risk, and tell the truth.But the deeper she looks, the more the polished empire begins to crack.A buried acquisition. A woman who lost everything. A stolen methodology. A family legacy built on secrets. And Julian standing much closer to the damage than either of them wants to admit.Seraphine doesn't trust charm. Julian doesn't know who he is without it.But as secrets surface and the attraction between them becomes impossible to ignore, Julian must decide whether to protect the empire that made him... or become honest enough to deserve the woman who sees through him.Deep Heat is a slow-burn billionaire romantic suspense with sharp banter, luxury hotel drama, corporate secrets, emotional tension, classy heat, and a hard-earned happily-ever-after.