On the night Zara Bennett catches the man she loves proposing to another woman, she believes her heart has already suffered its greatest heartbreak.She is wrong.Hours later, her father dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving behind a cryptic message, a hidden key, and one impossible instruction:Trust Adrian Cole.Adrian Cole is New York’s most powerful billionaire, a man feared in boardrooms, admired by the world, and haunted by a promise he made decades ago. Protecting Zara was never supposed to be personal. She was simply the daughter of the only man he could never repay.But someone is hunting Richard Bennett’s secrets.As break-ins turn into assassination attempts and a single Queen of Hearts playing card appears after every attack, Zara is forced into Adrian’s world of wealth, deception, and dangerous family legacies. Every answer uncovers another lie, and every step closer to the truth places her deeper in the crosshairs of an enemy powerful enough to erase entire lives.Adrian vowed to keep his distance. He never meant to fall in love.Now, with a decades-old conspiracy threatening everything they hold dear, he must choose between keeping the promise he made to a dying friend… or risking his heart to save the woman he never meant to love.Some secrets are worth dying for while Some loves are worth risking everything.