Forced into a marriage of convenience to save her family from bankruptcy, Evelyn Vance expected a loveless life with Ethan Mercer—the ruthlessly handsome, cold-hearted CEO of Mercer Enterprises. Ethan had only one rule: "Never expect my heart." But as dark corporate secrets unravel and danger closes in, Evelyn discovers that the cold billionaire has a hidden past... and a fiercely protective side he can no longer suppress. Will their arrangement stay strictly business, or will passion consume them both?