The Devil's Wager

Her father gambled away their home. The man who won it wants something the deed doesnt cover.

Sadie Calloway has spent her entire life cleaning up her fathers messes. The pawned jewelry. The maxed-out credit cards. The double shifts at a dead-end Texas bar just to keep the lights on. But when her father loses their family home in a backroom poker game to Holt Lawson — the most feared man in Pecos County — Sadie discovers that some debts cant be paid in dollars.

Holts offer is simple. Six months living under his roof, following his rules, obeying his commands. In exchange, hell return the deed and erase every debt her father ever accrued. No negotiation. No alternatives. Sign or lose everything.

Sadie signs with hatred in her eyes and a vow on her lips: hell never own anything beyond her obedience.

But Holt Lawson doesnt want her obedience.

He wants the woman underneath it — the pride, the fire, the fierce loyalty shes been wasting on a man who gambled her away like pocket change. And hes willing to wait. Patiently. Methodically. Until the woman who swore shed never break realizes that surrender isnt weakness.

Its the first honest thing shes ever done.

The Devils Wager is a standalone dark romance featuring a morally black hero, a debt-inheritance trope, forced proximity, extreme power dynamics, and explicit content. This book contains themes some readers may find triggering. Reader discretion is advised.