GW

Four years away at college couldn’t prepare Y/N Van Der Bilt for the island she returned to. As the undisputed old-money princess of the coast, she expected the usual gilded cage of family expectations and high-society drama. Instead, she finds her home in the shadow of a dangerous new force: Adrian Calder. While she was gone, the self-made, unreadable titan built a multi-billion-dollar maritime empire entirely from scratch, buying up the island until his word became law. He is cold, lethal, and an absolute stranger to her. But when a chance encounter shatters the island's careful balance, his intense, possessive gaze fixes entirely on her. Now, with lifelong rivalries reignited and corporate tensions rising, Y/N must navigate a world where the new king refuses to ever let her go.