Her Reclusive Beast by Olivia Sinclair

She came to retrieve a manuscript and lost her heart to the beast.

I was sent to force Maxim Behr—famous, reclusive thriller author—to finish the manuscript he owes to the publishing house where I work. And okay, maybe I was a tiny bit excited to meet the man whose voice I memorized over our many phone calls where we argued about commas and semicolons. And whose brooding author photo I might be half in love with…
But Max isn’t thrilled to see me. In fact he tries to send me away the second I show up at his doorstep. And when I insist I’ll do whatever it takes to get his book, he doesn’t just look offended—he looks furious. Turns out, he thinks I’m offering something wildly inappropriate. (Which, wow, no! I might be young and a little naive, but not like that.)
Then I find out why he’s so wary and my heart shatters when I think he’s complicit. I liked Max. Now I want nothing more than to leave him and his secrets behind.
Except Max won’t let me go. This time, he’s the one with something to prove—because now he’s determined to keep me safe.
But the more time I spend with him, the more I realize he’s hiding something much bigger than an unfinished manuscript. Something impossible. Something glowing. And just when I think that maybe we can make things work, the lawsuits from New York start rolling in…

Her Reclusive Beast is a burning hot forced-proximity romance with an older, secretive hero, an undeniable mate bond, and a twist that changes everything!