Nadia Whitlock spent seven years helping her husband build an empire. Adrian repaid her by giving another woman his heart and her place in the company. He expected tears, forgiveness, perhaps even a desperate attempt to save their marriage. But instead, Nadia handed him divorce papers and walked away from everything she had sacrificed herself to protect. Adrian wasn't bothered at all because his mistress, Lydia, was a brilliant executive who promised to double the company's success. And he thinks Nadia would eventually realize how much she had lost and come crawling back. But the wife he underestimated had one advantage neither of them understood. Much of the empire they were so eager to claim had been built on her expertise, her sacrifices, and intellectual-property she had never surrendered. When the company's ambitious expansion begins falling apart, Adrian discovers that replacing his wife was considerably easier than replacing what she did. Meanwhile, Nadia is rebuilding her career when Elias Sorrell, her ex-husband's powerful business rival, enters her life with an accusation she never expected. A multimillion-dollar acquisition bears her professional approval, although she never authorized it. Elias has every reason to question her innocence, and Nadia has no intention of trusting another wealthy CEO with her future. Their encounters quickly become a battle of sharp minds, inconvenient truths, and an attraction neither is prepared to acknowledge. But Elias is nothing like the man she married. Behind his intimidating composure is someone who sees her as more than the woman who helped build another man's fortune. Their growing connection awakens feelings Nadia thought her failed marriage had buried forever. Just when she begins believing happiness might be possible again, a second document surfaces. This one claims she signed away her most valuable intellectual property. Another threatens to hold her responsible for millions in debt. Someone has been forging her approval, manipulating corporate transactions, and preparing to seize the most profitable part of Whitlock Industries. Adrian wants his wife back. Elias is getting dangerously close to uncovering the truth. And the person controlling the scheme has no intention of allowing Nadia to expose it. With her reputation, financial independence, and newfound love at stake, Nadia must discover who has been using her name before the consequences become irreversible. She thought divorcing Adrian would finally free her from his empire. She never imagined that someone had already made her the perfect person to blame for its destruction.