Keeper of Her Heart

Allison Mei Collins came home from Paris with a broken heart, a chef's knife, and one promise to herself: Pierre Couture would never get the chance to hurt her twice.Then she finds him in Dallas.Two years after their breakup, Pierre looks straight at the woman he once loved-and pretends he doesn't know her. Allison should walk away for good. Instead, old chemistry flares hotter, tangled with anger, pride, and everything neither of them ever said.Pierre has spent years convincing himself he moved on. He hasn't. And when Allison lands the career opportunity she's dreamed of, he makes one well-intentioned decision behind her back that could destroy any chance they have of rebuilding what Paris broke.Now love isn't the problem. Trust is.As Allison fights to prove she belongs in a demanding Dallas kitchen, Pierre must learn that loving her doesn't mean managing her life. And as their old passion reignites, their private dynamic begins to change too-commands become challenges, control becomes play, and the woman who once followed his lead discovers exactly how much he likes it when she refuses.Sexy, emotional, witty, and intensely romantic, Keeper of Her Heart is a second-chance love story about ambition, pride, forgiveness, and finally learning to say what you need.Content warnings: explicit sexual content, consensual dominance/power exchange, emotional betrayal, career interference, burnout, parental abandonment, and family conflict.