Synopsis

Fiveyearsofintenseloveendedwithbeingabandonedbyhimattheweddingvenue,ashewenttoappeasethatchildhoodsweetheartwhoattemptedsuicideninety-ninetimes.StellaSterlingfinallyunderstoodthatshecouldneverwarmJasperHawthorne'scoldheart.SheresolutelycutoffherfeelingsandwentfarawaytoRiveria,determinedtostartanew.Unexpectedly,afteradrunkenmistake,shemistakenlyendedupsleepingwiththemanmostuntouchableinTheKaelonCircle,herbrother'sarch-nemesis—ShaneDonovan!Inthemorning,Stellaattemptedtosneakawayfromthesceneofthecrime.Yetabighandabruptlyseizedherankleandruthlesslydraggedherbacktothesoftbed.Withalazy,restrainedvoice,hewhisperedagainstherear,lightlytouchingthefreshambiguousbitemarkonherfairneck:“LittleStella,planningtoleaveaftertakingadvantage?Afterkissingmelikethis,youdon'tplanontakingresponsibility?”*EveryoneinTheKaelonCircleknowsthatShaneDonovan,theDonovanFamily'sleader,iscoldandunapproachable.Yetnooneknowsthathehasalwayskepthisrival'ssisterinhisheart.Fromthenon,thegodstepsdownfromthealtar,dyedwithobsessionandmadness.Helavishlyspendsabilliontobuyanentireancienttownforher,evenashetrapsthedrunkyounggirlinhisarms,robewideopen,revealingatoned,handsomeabdomen,hisvoicedeepandtemptinglypersuasive:“LittleStella,doyouwanttotouch?Itfeelsverygood.”Stella:…Whathappenedtobeingcoldandabstinent?ShaneDonovan:Abstinent?That'sforothers.Foryou,onlydesire.#Sothewhitemoonlightliteraturebecamereality##SeemslikeI'veseducedmybrother'snemesis##Thehusband'spursuitisacrematorium,pleaseburntoashes,thankyou#