Overview

When publisher Celeste Fortez tells rising author Thalia Simons to switch lanes and write sapphic romance, Thalia’s answer is simple: absolutely not. She’s cautious, ostensibly straight, and Celeste—impossibly glamorous with glossy blond hair and a velvet-glove stare—is her boss. Then comes a dare of a kiss on a rain-slick sidewalk…and the line between mentorship and something far more dangerous blurs. As desire collides with office politics, Celeste and Thalia draft rules to keep things ethical: no quid pro quo, a new editor, everything on paper. But rumors spread, an HR review looms, and each woman bolts when fear bites—Thalia from a life she never planned, Celeste from a spotlight she can’t control. When a buried secret about the imprint’s biggest “defected” author explodes, Thalia must decide whether love can survive once the power balance is truly leveled.