Drawn Apart: A Novel

“Mercedes Ron knows how to ratchet up the tension and keep us turning the pages, as she expertly mingles thrills with high emotion and jaw-dropping twists.” —Lisa Unger, New York Times bestselling author The sequel to Drawn Together continues the dark, addictive adult romantic thriller saga where obsession deepens, danger escalates, and love becomes even more perilous. He was the only one I trusted…and the last person I should have. Marfil Cortés thought she had already survived the worst thing that could happen to her. After the kidnapping that shattered her life in New York, Marfil wakes to a new kind of danger in Miami: Marcus Kozel, one of the most powerful figures in the city. Inside his beautiful Miami estate, the sea is close enough to sound like freedom and too far to reach. Marcus gives her luxury, protection, and the undivided attention of a man who believes every gift should be repaid. To anyone else, it might look like safety. To Marfil, every locked door and watchful eye is proof that being desired by Marcus is only another kind of captivity. She is something he intends to keep—or destroy before he lets anyone take her from him. The only person who might stand in his way is Sebastian Moore, her former bodyguard and first real love. Sebastian was supposed to be the one who would never let that happen until he became part of the reason she ended up here. Now Marfil is trapped between Marcus’s obsession and the one person she cannot forgive herself for still wanting. As secrets about her father, her mother, Sebastian, and Marcus’s empire begin to surface, Marfil realizes escape may no longer be enough. Everyone around her has lied, bargained, and decided her fate for too long. This time, Marfil wants answers. And she’s done being the one who pays the price.