Novelists write about villains. They don’t usually have to outrun them. For four years, Marie Liebert was a runaway. To the world, she was the "Childish Heiress" who traded her family’s textile empire for a sketchbook and a life in Beijing. To herself, she was finally free. But when a hostile takeover threatens to dismantle her grandfather’s legacy, the "Architect of Attention" is forced back to London. Marie doesn't have an MBA, and she doesn't know how to read a balance sheet. What she does know is how to spot a plot hole—and the man sitting in her seat is full of them. Andrew Vane is the perfect corporate machine. Cold, calculated, and dangerously efficient, he was hired to keep the seat warm until the Board could strip Marie of her name. He thinks Marie is a flighty artist playing at being a CEO. She thinks he’s the antagonist in her family’s tragedy. But as the boardroom doors close and the "Protocol" begins, Marie realizes the truth: The company isn't just failing—it’s being murdered from the inside. To survive the vote, Marie must play the most dangerous role of her life. She has to stop being the novelist and start being the shark. But with Andrew watching her every move, the line between her "fake" CEO persona and her real feelings for the man who might be her greatest enemy begins to blur. In the game of power, the one who controls the story wins. But Marie is about to find out that some endings can't be rewritten.