Velvet & Thorns

Livia Kelbourne inherits a bankrupt perfume house, a greenhouse of dying roses, and one unfinished formula her grandmother swore would save everything. She has sixty days before creditors force a sale — and the man circling the wreckage is Damian Corso, an acquisition shark who knows more about fragrance than any buyer should. He wants the archive. She wants the house. What neither of them planned for is the way she smells when the perfume warms on her skin.