Board Meetings: A Steamy Enemies to Lovers MM Romance (The Rivals Book 1)

Damon Vale has sacrificed everything--sleep, relationships, and his own identity--to climb the corporate ladder at ValeBridge Holdings. He's one acquisition away from the CEO chair, and he's determined not to become the broken man his father was. But across the street at Sterling Row Capital, a new kind of threat is waiting. Blake Mercer is brilliant, ruthless, and tired of being underestimated. He's spent his life mastering the very private equity machine that once destroyed his family. To Blake, the Ashford Interiors deal isn't just business--it's his ticket to partnership and the proof that he finally belongs at the table. Damon dresses to control the room; Blake dresses to make the room regret looking at him. As the bidding war for Ashford intensifies, the professional masks begin to slip. Damon's cold composure irritates Blake, but Blake's surgical precision and hidden vulnerability do something much more dangerous to Damon: they make him want to reach for what's underneath the armor.From Midtown boardroom battles to the sweat of a Central Park race, the line between rivalry and desire blurs. When the masks finally fall away in the shadows of a Manhattan nightclub, both men must decide: is winning the deal worth losing the only person who truly sees them? Can two men who have built their lives on leverage ever learn to trust someone without it? Read more