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The Lie That Ties Us: A Dark Romance
One night with her ruined me.
Now I’ll burn the world down to have her again.
Cain Maddox
I don’t do second chances.
Not after what happened the last time I let someone in.
But when I crash back into Isabella—the woman who’s haunted me for a year—every rule I’ve ever lived by goes up in smoke.
She’s supposed to be a ghost. A mistake. A memory I can’t shake.
Instead, she’s everywhere. Laughing with my best friends. Turning up in every room I walk into. Living in my goddamn head.
And she has no idea she’s being hunted.
Because someone’s pulling strings behind the scenes. Someone from my past.
And if they get to her first… I’ll never forgive myself.
She thinks she’s free.
But Iz? She’s mine. And I’ll destroy anything that tries to take her away.
Isabella
He warned me once that he was dangerous.
I should’ve listened.
But Cain Maddox isn’t just dangerous—he’s an addiction I can’t shake.
One night with him changed everything.
Now he’s back. And he’s everywhere. Watching me. Obsessing over me.
And when he touches me, it’s like the world disappears.
But there are secrets Cain isn’t telling me.
And if I don’t figure them out in time…
I might lose more than just my heart.
Tropes You’ll
✓ Second-Chance, High-Stakes Romance
✓ Obsession with a Heart (and a motorcycle)
✓ Protective Antihero with hacker skills and rage issues
✓ “Touch her and I’ll end you” energy
✓ Found family ties & revenge arcs
✓ Hidden danger, high heat, and dark secrets
✓ Open door tension with emotional wreckage
Perfect for readers who – Morally gray men who love hard, fall harder
– Tension that simmers until it combusts
– Hacker heroes, corporate sabotage, and secret vendettas
– Messy, hot, emotionally fraught second-chance reunions
– A heroine who takes zero shit and still breaks his heart open
– Wounds, whispers, and wicked, wicked kisses
🌶🌶🌶🌶 Spicy AF
🔥 Spice Scale – For the Emotionally Unstable & Romantically Inclined™
🌶
Sweet kisses, soft sighs, and maybe a fade-to-black.
(Perfect for Hallmark girlies with emotional damage.)
🌶🌶
Open-door steam, but built on emotion and plot.
(You’re gonna feel things. In your heart. And your pants.)
🌶🌶🌶
The angst is high, the chemistry is higher, and that one scene? UNFORGIVABLE.
(You’ll need hydration. And a therapist.)
🌶🌶🌶🌶 Spicy
Graphic, frequent, toe-curling. Built on pain, obsession, and deep, dark need.
(NSFW, emotionally reckless, and proud of it.)
➡️ This book lives here.
Now I’ll burn the world down to have her again.
Cain Maddox
I don’t do second chances.
Not after what happened the last time I let someone in.
But when I crash back into Isabella—the woman who’s haunted me for a year—every rule I’ve ever lived by goes up in smoke.
She’s supposed to be a ghost. A mistake. A memory I can’t shake.
Instead, she’s everywhere. Laughing with my best friends. Turning up in every room I walk into. Living in my goddamn head.
And she has no idea she’s being hunted.
Because someone’s pulling strings behind the scenes. Someone from my past.
And if they get to her first… I’ll never forgive myself.
She thinks she’s free.
But Iz? She’s mine. And I’ll destroy anything that tries to take her away.
Isabella
He warned me once that he was dangerous.
I should’ve listened.
But Cain Maddox isn’t just dangerous—he’s an addiction I can’t shake.
One night with him changed everything.
Now he’s back. And he’s everywhere. Watching me. Obsessing over me.
And when he touches me, it’s like the world disappears.
But there are secrets Cain isn’t telling me.
And if I don’t figure them out in time…
I might lose more than just my heart.
Tropes You’ll
✓ Second-Chance, High-Stakes Romance
✓ Obsession with a Heart (and a motorcycle)
✓ Protective Antihero with hacker skills and rage issues
✓ “Touch her and I’ll end you” energy
✓ Found family ties & revenge arcs
✓ Hidden danger, high heat, and dark secrets
✓ Open door tension with emotional wreckage
Perfect for readers who – Morally gray men who love hard, fall harder
– Tension that simmers until it combusts
– Hacker heroes, corporate sabotage, and secret vendettas
– Messy, hot, emotionally fraught second-chance reunions
– A heroine who takes zero shit and still breaks his heart open
– Wounds, whispers, and wicked, wicked kisses
🌶🌶🌶🌶 Spicy AF
🔥 Spice Scale – For the Emotionally Unstable & Romantically Inclined™
🌶
Sweet kisses, soft sighs, and maybe a fade-to-black.
(Perfect for Hallmark girlies with emotional damage.)
🌶🌶
Open-door steam, but built on emotion and plot.
(You’re gonna feel things. In your heart. And your pants.)
🌶🌶🌶
The angst is high, the chemistry is higher, and that one scene? UNFORGIVABLE.
(You’ll need hydration. And a therapist.)
🌶🌶🌶🌶 Spicy
Graphic, frequent, toe-curling. Built on pain, obsession, and deep, dark need.
(NSFW, emotionally reckless, and proud of it.)
➡️ This book lives here.
656 pages, Kindle Edition
Published December 9, 2025
About the author
Nicolette Terry
43 books74 followersNicolette has always been passionate about writing and has been creating stories since she was a little girl. Becoming a published author was something unobtainable then, but now she is living proof that dreams can come true.
Nicolette is a military spouse and happily married to her biggest supporter since 2011. They have two sons together and two bengal cats, Howl and Sophie. When Nicolette isn’t writing, you can find her snuggled underneath a cozy blanket with a book.
Nicolette is a military spouse and happily married to her biggest supporter since 2011. They have two sons together and two bengal cats, Howl and Sophie. When Nicolette isn’t writing, you can find her snuggled underneath a cozy blanket with a book.
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February 16, 2026
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I can already tell this is going to be one of my favorite books of the year & maybe ever. I LOVED these two when I read their novella & fell harder after this book. It took me less than 24 hours to read.
I can already tell this is going to be one of my favorite books of the year & maybe ever. I LOVED these two when I read their novella & fell harder after this book. It took me less than 24 hours to read.
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