Ten years ago, Nyla Micheals lost everything. Her parents were murdered in a case so brutal it left behind no bodies, no witnesses, no evidence—and no answers. A decade later, the investigation remains cold, but Nyla refuses to let it die. By day, she's a detective determined to uncover the truth. By night, she escapes into writing love stories she no longer believes in. Then Quincy Grey enters her life. Wealthy, charismatic, and impossible to ignore, he's the kind of man who makes every rule she's ever lived by feel meaningless. Falling for him was never part of the plan. Neither was questioning everyone she's ever trusted. He's everything she should avoid, especially with a loyal boyfriend waiting for her at home and nearly two decades separating them. But the closer she gets to Quincy, the more impossible it becomes to tell where fascination ends and obsession begins. As old secrets begin to stir and Superintendent Samuel Gates reopens wounds everyone else wants buried, the line between ally and enemy begins to disappear. Every new lead raises more questions than answers, and every familiar face becomes a possible suspect. Because some murders don't stay buried forever. And sometimes, the truth is far more dangerous than the lies.

She caught her fiancé cheating hours before their engagement gala. She didn't cry — she smiled, walked back into the party, and quietly ended his entire future without raising her voice. Delphine Cross has spent her life being underestimated for being beautiful, rich, and "soft." Weston Vale cured her of that forever. So when her father proposes a marriage of convenience to Callum Ashworth — the cold, controlled CEO whose family once tried to steal everything she owns — she doesn't hesitate. No love. No illusions. Just architecture. Callum needs the marriage to save his family's company from a debt his father won't fully explain. He doesn't need a wife who sees straight through him — and definitely doesn't need to start falling for her. But contracts don't account for stolen glances across a negotiation table, or a wedding night neither of them planned to mean something. As buried secrets, a vengeful ex, and a fortune in hidden debt threaten to tear both their families apart, Delphine will have to decide exactly how far she's willing to go for a man she was never supposed to love. She's morally grey. She's ruthless when she needs to be. And she would burn the world down for him. A slow-burn, spicy enemies-to-lovers romance with a heroine who bites back.