Hostile Takeover

Two rival CEOs. One snowbound mountain. A truce written in four articles, and a hostile takeover neither can win without losing something they never planned to risk.Sienna Vance has spent two years rebuilding Vance Holdings after her own half-brother nearly destroyed it. Now she's about to bid $430 million for the Valmont Hotel Group, the acquisition her late father never managed to close. Only one man stands in her way.Lucian Thorne runs Thorne International, a $40 billion empire built on control, precision, and a ledger his father taught him to keep, where every feeling is a debit that never balances. He doesn't lose. He especially doesn't lose to her.Then Valmont's aging chairman invites both rivals to his remote mountain chalet. A storm cuts them off. The phones go dead. NO SIGNAL. Two people who have spent months trying to outmaneuver each other are stuck under one roof, beside one fire, with one deal neither can walk away from.Their solution is the Forced Truce: four articles, two signatures, and one rule that changes everything. Nothing said within these walls will be used by either party for advantage.But mountains don't last, and boardrooms do. When the storm lifts, the truce faces its real test: a corporate war, a betrayal from Sienna's past, and a brother who isn't finished.Perfect for readers who love:Enemies to loversCorporate rivals and CEO vs. CEO romanceForced proximity and snowed-in cabin romanceBillionaire hero, powerful heroineHigh-stakes, dark corporate romanceFamily betrayal and business warfareBook One of The Cold Holdings Series. Start the series today.