From New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author Mercedes Ron comes her adult debut\u2014an addictive romantic thriller about a young woman\u2019s protected life and the bodyguard she can\u2019t resist.<\/p>\n
*Soon to be a Major Motion Picture*<\/p>\n
He was my protection \u2026 and my greatest weakness.<\/p>\n
Twenty-year-old Marfil Cort\u00e9s lives the kind of life people imagine from afar. The daughter of a powerful businessman, she spends her days juggling Columbia classes, stolen hours at her ballet studio, and glittering nights in New York City. Her world feels untouchable\u2014polished, predictable, safe.<\/p>\n
Until the afternoon she\u2019s abducted in Central Park.<\/p>\n
Days later, Marfil opens her eyes in a hospital in New Orleans with no memory of what happened. There are no demands, no suspects, no explanation, only fear and the unsettling certainty that she is no longer safe. In the wake of the attack, her father tightens security and assigns her a Sebastian Moore.<\/p>\n
Sebastian is controlled, distant, unreadable\u2014a man whose discipline borders on dangerous. His quiet intensity unsettles and infuriates Marfil in equal measure, stirring resentment toward his presence, his rules, his unyielding watchfulness. Yet as the threat surrounding her refuses to fade, Sebastian becomes the one person she cannot escape \u2026 and the one she cannot stop wanting.<\/p>\n
What begins as tension slowly ignites into something far more dangerous. Because the closer Marfil gets to Sebastian, the more she realizes the greatest risk may not be the one lurking in the shadows \u2026 but the feelings she never meant to have for the man sworn to protect her.<\/p>\n
Lush, addictive, and charged with suspense, Drawn Together is a darkly romantic story about love and survival, temptation and control, and the cost of uncovering what others would rather keep buried.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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