When You Are Mine

Elena Broussard built a flawless, high-society life in Chicago, only for a toxic divorce to strip her of her assets and her pride. With her multi-million dollar settlement frozen by a vindictive ex-husband, she is forced to flee back to the one place she swore she would never return: her late father’s decaying Louisiana marina. She expects a quick liquidation to secure her financial freedom—until she meets the legal trap her father left behind, and the man who holds the key to it. Remy Guidry is the rugged, fiercely protective local who never forgave Elena for abandoning him a decade ago. He refuses to let developers destroy the land. Backed by a strict local conservation clause, he forces Elena into an outrageous ultimatum: if she wants her payout, she must stay and operate the brutal winter charter season by his side until Mardi Gras. Trapped in a freezing cabin with no money and her high-end armor splattered in mud, Elena is at war with a small town that remembers her departure, an ex-husband trying to ruin her, and the raw, electric friction of the only man she ever truly loved. Can she outwit Remy and escape the bayou's grasp, or will the swamp reclaim her heart and her future? He swears he wants nothing to do with her. She swears she is leaving the second the contract ends. But in the deep, sultry heat of the bayou, some promises are made to be broken.

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