Dr. Giselle Champagne spends her days helping others hold their marriages together—while quietly unraveling inside. Widowed and disenchanted with love, she’s vowed never to love again. But when Casimir Perez walks into her office, she finds her heart coming back to life.

Casimir seems to have it all—wealth, power, and the ideal marriage. But quietly, he’s emotionally starved and suffocating in a shell of a marriage. In Giselle, he finds more than a psychologist. He finds a connection that is intense from the start. A connection that is powerful yet forbidden.

Bound by ethics and tormented by heartache, they both find it ...

Dr. Giselle Champagne spends her days helping others hold their marriages together—while quietly unraveling inside. Widowed and disenchanted with love, she’s vowed never to love again. But when Casimir Perez walks into her office, she finds her heart coming back to life.

Casimir seems to have it all—wealth, power, and the ideal marriage. But quietly, he’s emotionally starved and suffocating in a shell of a marriage. In Giselle, he finds more than a psychologist. He finds a connection that is intense from the start. A connection that is powerful yet forbidden.

Bound by ethics and tormented by heartache, they both find it impossible to deny the fire that burns between them. Every whispered word, every furtive glance, and every touch entices them closer to the line that should not be crossed.

But when Casimir makes a bold move to claim the woman his heart and body crave, he risks scandal and breaking Giselle’s fragile heart again.

Can Giselle risk a second chance at love, or will fear keep her heart under lock and key?