He doesn’t do love. Marcus Maxwell has plenty of enemies. For centuries, he has remained invincible by avoiding emotional attachments. Love is a weakness. One with devastating consequences. However, everything changes when he discovers that his assistant is his fated mate. Marcus knows loving her could make him vulnerable to the creatures determined to destroy him, and losing her could condemn him to an eternity of misery. So Marcus decides he wants nothing to do with her. She is terrified of him. Valerie Anderson has spent three years keeping her distance from her aloof and intimidating boss. Then one broken rule and a night at the office past midnight turn her life upside down when she discovers that Marcus is a demon. She wants to quit her job, but he gives her two options instead. Marry me or die. Valerie has no intention of dying, so she chooses marriage to the devil. Fortunately, Marcus has promised her a divorce within a month, and she has no intention of falling for a man who has made it perfectly clear that he wants nothing to do with her. She just has to survive being his wife long enough to walk away. But the longer she spends with Marcus, the harder leaving becomes, and the one man determined not to love her might be the one she can no longer bear to lose. **** This is book one of the Hellbound Hearts series. It's a paranormal office romance with an HEA ending.