In the rain-soaked megacity of Nova Verge, neon towers glow on borrowed dreams. Corporate overlords grip the city tight. Bounty hunter Zara Cole is on the trail of the one man who always stays ahead reclusive billionaire Thorne Blackwood.
Zara once enforced the same system that sold her out. Now she moves through black-market corridors for pay, revenge close behind. Her newest contract names Thorne, a quiet kingpin whose gray empire hides secrets that mirror her own scars. As she closes the distance, the pursuit tilts sideways. Not just a hunt anymore.
Thorne has spent years sealing himself behind code, steel, and silence. Firewalls hum. Locks click. When Zara breaks through, the impact rattles them both. Want pushes against distrust. They collide in alleys slick with oil and rain, in breathless chases under flickering holo-ads, in alliances neither wants but both need. Each encounter peels something raw away, until enemy and protector bleed together.
In a city built on holograms and corporate knives, trust cuts deepest. It's also the only shield against the unseen hand tightening the strings. Between stolen minutes and heat they can't deny, two damaged people face a choice turn on each other, or turn the city inside out.
What if burning the system down is the only way out?
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In the Neon Empire Hearts series, each standalone novel delivers scorching BWWM cyberpunk billionaire romance with its own explosive happily-ever-after, while the sprawling megacity ties them together in unbreakable electric tension.
In the rain-slicked megacity of Nova Verge, neon empires stand on stolen dreams. Corporate overlords swing power like a blade. And forbidden desire flares between ruthless white billionaires and the fierce Black women who push back.
Hackers, bounty hunters, journalists, and rebels cross paths with tech moguls. Deals get dirty. Loyalties crack. Seduction comes with a price, betrayal with a timestamp, redemption never guaranteed. Enhanced sensations hum under...