Rules of Proximity
A Forced-Proximity, Secret-Son Billionaire RomanceBy Sloane Maddox
Length5h 56m
About this audiobook
Caleb Thorne lives by a simple, ruthless code: win at all costs. In the billion-dollar war for Apex Technologies, his sole focus is crushing his fiercest competitor, the brilliant and guarded Sloan Madison. But when a single photograph reveals Sloan with a one-year-old boy who has his unmistakable eyes, the battlefield irrevocably shifts from the boardroom to the nursery.
Forced into a tense confrontation, Caleb discovers Sloan has been playing a different game entirely—one where the stakes aren’t just stock prices, but the life of the son he never knew he had. His instincts scream for a hostile takeover, but his father’s brutal playbook won’t work when it comes to family.
Just as they forge a fragile, distrustful truce, a ghost from their past emerges to hunt them both. An old enemy launches a catastrophic attack, targeting not just their empires, but their children. Now, Caleb and Sloan must form an unwilling alliance, a dangerous merger of enemies.
Audiobook details
GenreRomance, Mystery and Thriller
Length5 hrs 56 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 6, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Chapter 1 — The Zero-Sum Son
2Chapter 2 — The Terms of Engagement
3Chapter 3 — The First Encounter
4Chapter 4 — The Common Enemy
5Chapter 5 — The War Room
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6Chapter 6 — The First Campaign
7Chapter 7 — Rules of Proximity
8Chapter 8 — The Ghost Car
9Chapter 9 — The Unspeakable Variable
10Chapter 10 — The Fortress Protocol
11Chapter 11 — The Gilded Cage
12Chapter 12 — The Devil's Bargain
13Chapter 13 — The Price of Surrender
14Chapter 14 — Collateral and Consequence
15Chapter 15 — The Ghost in the Machine
16Chapter 16 — The Sins of the Father
17Chapter 17 — The Two-Front War
18Chapter 18 — The Cathedral of Lies
19Chapter 19 — The Terms of Surrender
20Chapter 20 — The Scorched-Earth Gambit
21Chapter 21 — The King in Check
22Chapter 22 — The Last Vulnerability
23Chapter 23 — The Guardian's Choice
24Chapter 24 — The Ghost Protocol
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