<p><em>* Forbidden is set in the Whitmore Elite world and is very different than the rest of the series.</em></p><p><strong><em>Cole Parker is my worst nightmare.</em></strong></p><p>He's a straight-up asshole who lives to torment me, and he'll stop at nothing to punish me over the smallest slight.</p><p>When he digs up a sex tape starring-you guessed it-me, he takes bullying to a whole new level, using it to blackmail me into doing his bidding.</p><p>If the video gets out, it will ruin me.</p><p>But my stepbrother makes it clear that he doesn't give a damn.</p><p>He drags me deep into his dark and twisted world, showing me the monster he hides beneath his handsome exterior, taking risks that put our lives in danger.</p><p>I thought I knew the devil I lived with.</p><p>I was wrong.</p><p>But so is he.</p><p>He thinks I'm nothing more than a pampered princess, but soon he'll realize I'm a Queen.</p><p>And it's time I put Cole in his place.</p><p></p><p>This book is&nbsp;<strong>NOT</strong>&nbsp;for you if:</p><ul><li><ul><li>You don't enjoy witnessing a spoiled character grow and realize that love and family are more important than money.</li><li>You don't like a$shole anti-heroes.</li><li>You have triggers.</li><li>You don't like dark romance.</li><li></li></ul></li></ul><p>This full-length&nbsp;<strong>prequel</strong>&nbsp;is a&nbsp;<strong>forbidden,</strong>&nbsp;<strong>enemies-to-lovers standalone</strong>&nbsp;and features a hot,&nbsp;<strong>possessive/jealous stepbrother</strong>&nbsp;and a pampered princess who becomes a strong, kick-ass heroine when she learns that love and family mean more than Daddy's bank account-packed with heat and heart,&nbsp;<strong>no cheating, no cliffhanger</strong>, and a&nbsp;<strong>happily ever after</strong>&nbsp;guaranteed!</p>