I may have gotten my brother out of trouble with the Galleons, but our situation hadn't changed. We were still drowning in debt that kept piling up faster than I could pay. My plan to forget the night with Leo doesn't work since he won't leave me alone. He says he has another proposition for me, but can I risk accepting and losing more of myself than I already have? I still haven't gotten over the night he owned me. What starts as a one-time arrangement quickly spirals into something more, and I find myself caught in a web of my own making. Leo won't let me keep my heart locked away, and I fear it's too late to turn back. Denying him seems worse than admitting I want him too. I have to remember to protect myself from what I fear are lies as I fight to come to terms with such A Knotty Bargain , and I can only hope Leo grows tired of me before my heat comes and leaves me vulnerable. ***This is the second book in the series Propositions of an Alpha: The Claiming of Cadence. It must be read after A Knotty Deal and ends on a cliffhanger. The story finishes in A Knotty Bond.***