When Leila Moore takes a job as the personal assistant to billionaire Ethan Blackwood, she expects a world of high-powered deals and luxury—but what she finds is a man haunted by his past. Ethan has it all: wealth, power, and a carefully guarded heart. But when Leila stumbles upon a forgotten photograph, she uncovers a secret so explosive that it could shatter everything Ethan has built. As the two grow closer, Leila is drawn into a dangerous web of lies, betrayals, and a family scandal that has been buried for years. Ethan’s hidden heir isn’t the only secret—Leila’s own connection to his past threatens to unravel everything. And with powerful forces working to keep the truth hidden, she has to decide: Will she fight for the man she’s fallen for, or will the secrets of the past destroy them both? In a world of luxury and deception, nothing is as it seems… and some secrets are too powerful to stay hidden.

She’s the daughter of a federal judge. He’s the heir to the most feared mafia empire in the city. To stop a war that’s left blood in the streets and secrets in the courtrooms, they’re forced into a marriage alliance neither of them wants. She sees a monster in a designer suit. He sees a pawn pretending to be a queen. But the more she digs into his violent past, the more she sees cracks in his armor. And the closer he gets to her, the more he realizes she’s hiding a brutal truth of her own. What begins as a marriage of strategy becomes something darker… and more dangerous. Because someone in their circle wants them dead. And falling in love might be the most fatal mistake either of them could make. “You think you’re my prison? Baby, you’re the one with the velvet chains.”