Choose Me (Crown or Fire #1)

At St. Ives University, women are rare, men are ranked, and every decision is a power play. Make the right move and you’re crowned. The wrong one? You’re done.

Beatriz Cruz wasn’t raised for this world, but she’s been accepted in.

Armed with a scholarship, Toronto grit, and a name everyone keeps mispronouncing, she’s determined to earn her place and prove she belongs. Then Gage King looks at her like she already does. With him.

Heir to one of the country’s most powerful financial empires, authority isn’t something he wears. It’s something he is.

Born into legacy, forged into steel, Gage is control made flesh…and the cousin of Bea’s new housemate.

In a world where every unclaimed woman is a prize—and every man knows how to play the game—Bea needs to learn. Fast.

Because he’s already making moves. A glance that marks her. A coat that silences the room. A code that opens more than his penthouse door: It unlocks the part of her that no one’s ever touched.

And when she finally takes a step toward him? He shows her exactly what it means to be chosen by a man who doesn’t let go. Because in the United Republic of Westhaven, being chosen isn’t the end.

It’s just the beginning.