Introduction

Rachel Graceyln Marshall

Rachel Graceyln Marshall had spent most of her life learning how to lower her voice before anyone asked her to.

A twenty-two-year-old Pakistani Christian girl with angel-soft manners and a GPA sharp enough to slice expectations, she was the kind of daughter people praised for being “so decent” and “so well-behaved.”

Kind. Polite. Sweet.

Words that sounded like compliments… and chains.

She dreamed of London and a Master’s degree, of stories filled with strong women who refused to be quiet. Women who fought back. Women who lived loudly.

But in her real world, her decisions were reviewed, her voice gently dismissed, and her future negotiated on her behalf.

If she wanted to go abroad, her parents wanted a promise, a marriage they would choose, a life they would approve of.

Rachel agreed, because brown daughters often do.

But deep inside her chest, her heart whispered something reckless:

Maybe freedom is worth the trouble.

She didn’t know yet that freedom would come wrapped in danger and wearing the last name Ashton.

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Maximus Alexander Ashton

Maximus Ashton wasn’t used to hearing the word “no.”

Mafia heirs usually aren’t.

He walked through the world like he owned the ground under his boots, arrogance stitched into every breath. 24 years old, the son of the Ashton dynasty, future king of an empire built on power, silence, and blood.

London’s elite feared him.

His professors tolerated him.

Women wanted to be the one exception that could soften him.

But Maximus had no interest in softness.

Until her.

Rachel Marshall—the quiet girl who didn’t cower.

The soft-spoken girl who met his glare with steady eyes.

The one person in the whole London who dared to stand up to him… and didn’t break.

He should’ve looked away.

She was off-limits, too different, too distant, too impossible.

But obsession has a rule of its own—it doesn’t ask for permission.

And Maximus, for the first time in his life, felt something he couldn’t control.

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Rachel wants Freedom, Maximus wants power.

What happens when their worlds would collide?

Will they let their worlds ruin them or will their obsession with one another ruin it?

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Hello, my dear Kassians,

Some of you might know me or Rachel and Maximus from Melodic Obsession.

Well, this Book Ruinous Obsession is the Prequel of Melodic Obsession but it will be Book 2 of my Obsession Series. Why? Because I got the idea about this later on. Duh!

Anyways, do let me know that if you are ready for this or not?

Take care Honeybuns.

Love Author Kassia Marie Monroe.