“He was toxic, poison, and he was going to kill everything beautiful in my life if I let him. He was the storm to my cherry blossoms.” The man who comes to Emilia LeBlanc in her dreams also haunts her in her nightmares. Baron “Vicious” Spencer is a brilliant lawyer. A skilled criminal. A beautiful liar. A bully and a savior, a monster and a liar. And since her mom was the live-in caretaker for his family’s estate in high school, there was no escaping his wrath—until she had no other choice. To Vicious, Emilia is completely off-limits. A starving artist. His best friend’s ex-girlfriend. Pretty and evasive as a cherry blossom. When they were younger, she barged into his life unannounced and turned everything upside down. She discovered his darkest secret, and he made her pay the price. Drove her out of town. Hated and wanted her in equal measure. It should deter him from chasing her to New York a decade later, but it doesn’t. So she still hates him—big deal. She’ll have to get used to hi