Hostile
Tender
A Corporate Billionaire Romance
She's the federal auditor sent to dismantle his empire. He's Manhattan's most dangerous billionaire fighting to save it. When the RIVIERA Ledger exposes three generations of Hudson secrets, SDNY forensic auditor Nia Carter is dispatched to untangle the truth — and she's the one woman Sebastian Hudson can't control. As a hostile takeover threatens everything he's built, their investigation forces them into dangerous proximity. She sees through his Ice King armor. He recognizes in her the only person who might understand the weight of a legacy built on secrets.
In Her Words
"Every foundation develops fault lines, Mr. Hudson. I am merely the specialist tasked with mapping them. I spent three years watching my father defend himself against men who looked exactly like you — men who believed that owning the building granted them ownership of the truth. I've had a decade to prepare. You are simply the individual currently obstructing the audit's trajectory."
— Nia Carter
She Maps the Fault Lines.
He Is the Fault Line.
Nia Carter — SDNY Forensic Auditor
Clinical, precise, immutable. The daughter of a disgraced SEC investigator, Nia carries her father's Ghurka briefcase and a decade of preparation. She trusts nothing she hasn't personally encrypted — and she's about to map every fault line in Sebastian Hudson's empire.
Sebastian Hudson — CEO of Hudson Vale
Manhattan's Ice King. Cold, calculated, strategic — a man who spent thirty-two years constructing barriers of glass, steel, and silence. When the RIVIERA Ledger threatens to dissolve three generations of Hudson authority, he faces an adversary he cannot manage: the auditor who sees through his armor.
The Story
35 chapters of corporate warfare, forbidden desire, and billion-dollar stakes
Setup
Chapters 1–9
The RIVIERA Ledger leaks, sending Hudson Vale stock into freefall. Sebastian Hudson — the Ice King — fights to save his dynasty while SDNY forensic auditor Nia Carter arrives to untangle the truth. The leak came from inside the family. The auditor is the one woman he can't control.
Confrontation
Chapters 10–26
As Nia maps the fault lines of the Hudson empire, she and Sebastian are forced into dangerous proximity. The hostile takeover escalates. Secrets surface from the family archives. The line between investigation and intimacy dissolves — and trusting each other could cost them everything.
Resolution
Chapters 27–35
The ghost in the machine is revealed. Betrayal from within, a dynasty on the brink, and a love forged in the fire of corporate warfare. When the final ledger is opened, Sebastian and Nia must choose: protect the empire or protect each other.
About the Hudson Dynasty Series
Manhattan high finance meets scorching romance. In the Hudson Dynasty world, reputation moves markets, power couples are public assets, and scandal is currency. Each book follows a new couple navigating the treacherous intersection of billion-dollar deals and irresistible desire.
The series begins with Audit of the Heart and continues with Hostile Tender. Standalone romances with guaranteed happily-ever-afters.