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Dark Gilded Billionaires · Book 1

Guard

A Dark Gilded Romance

Frederick “Derrick” Mercer’s story

What he failed to guard in time is exactly what he must become for her.

Derrick knows there was a debt between the Mercers and the Kavanaghs. For twenty years, he guarded the name instead of trusting his own brother with the truth.

The woman who refuses to be managed is Rosemary Vance’s daughter—the descendant of the family that paid for everyone else’s silence. His story begins with the whole file, not another carefully chosen piece.

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Content & trigger warnings

Spoiler note: Specific warnings can reveal plot elements. Open the level of detail that feels right for you.

Catalog baseline warnings
  • Explicit sexual content, on-page, scorching heat level
  • Organized crime and criminal-enterprise settings
  • Morally gray to morally black heroes
  • Possessive and protective hero dynamics
  • Power imbalance handled within the fantasy
  • Guns, physical violence, or threat of violence, varying by title
  • Death and grief, on-page and referenced
  • Heavy alcohol use
  • Adult language throughout
  • Catholic religious content and imagery
  • Family dysfunction and estrangement

Every Cara Hollis book ends with a Happily Ever After. That is a promise.

Guard — book-specific notes

Book-specific notes will be published closer to release. Until then, assume the catalog baseline applies.

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