He gave her every reason not to trust him. Now he’s the only man standing beside her.

Ava Sinclair has spent years proving that competence is stronger than charm, steadier than politics, and far more reliable than powerful men with perfect timing. When a boardroom scandal thrusts her into the role of Interim COO at Halcyon Group, she is ready to lead.

She is not ready for Dominic Hale to come back.

Once, Dominic was the brilliant CEO who saw her potential before anyone else did. He was also the man who made a choice that cost her more than he ever admitted. Now he’s back in New York, back in Halcyon, and back in the one position that forces them into each other’s orbit every single day.

Then Callum Voss launches a hostile bid for the company.

With Halcyon under threat, Ava and Dominic are pushed into a brutal alliance built on long hours, close strategy, unfinished history, and the kind of chemistry that makes distance impossible. But power has a memory, and so does betrayal. The closer they work, the harder it becomes to separate the man Dominic is now from the one who once let her down, and the harder it becomes to ignore the fact that she still wants him in ways that are anything but safe.

As the takeover battle escalates and old wounds are dragged into the light, Ava must decide whether desire is worth the risk of trust, and Dominic must prove that redemption means more than regret.

Spicy Terms is a spicy billionaire romance full of boardroom tension, second-chance chemistry, emotional reckoning, and a love story forged in rivalry, power, and choice.