Debt has become my shadow, stalking every part of my existence, shackling me to desperation. My mother's life is slipping through my fingers and there is no hope visible. I stumble into a night that alters everything. He was only a stranger—a brief haven from reality. But I'm left standing on the brink of a perilous cliff when that stranger turns out to be Damien Blackwood, the merciless billionaire with icy ambition. Returning with a proposition as cold as it is appealing—a contract marriage—Damian does. I need the lifeline to save my mother from the jaws of medical debt; his strong family demands he wed to keep control of their empire. Though I didn't see the web of secrets I was walking into—or how tightly it would entwine me—it's supposed to be simple. I see the flaws behind Damien's stone-cold façade more the more I descend into his world. One fact, however, is clear as our arrangement sends me into high-stakes power plays and smoldering rivalries: my history and Damien's twisted fate are entwined in ways I never would have imagined. Now a man as deadly as Victor Hargrave is circling, trying to destroy Damien's empire—and me too. One discovery destroys my fragile confidence in Damien, and I have to face a terrible truth about my own family, just as I believe I understand the rules of this game. That secret may ruin us both. Now I have to make a difficult decision as time is running out and everything is online. But in Damien's world, where love is a luxury and trust is a deadly gamble, will I find a way out of his deadly grasp—or be bound permanently by the billionaire's twisted fate…

Debt has wrecked Lily Bennett's life, which has been an unrelenting struggle for existence; a sick mother depends on her and there seems no way out. She finds a fleeting haven in a fortuitous meeting with an intriguing stranger. Her world collapses, though, when that man reveals himself to be Damien Blackwood, the merciless millionaire infamous for his cold-blooded negotiations. Returning with a startling offer—a contract marriage—Damien Lily, desperate to save her mother, has no choice but to agree; his strong family requires he wed to ensure his dominion. But beyond the surface, Lily never noticed as secret motives turned their fate. Should Damien not wed quickly, his family will deprive him of their legacy. Lily needs the bargain to pay off overwhelming debt related to medicine. But a dangerous opponent challenges Damien's empire, and the secret to their scheme is a sinister treachery linked to Lily's own past. Lily starts to see that their arrangement is considerably more dangerous than she had thought as she gets farther into Damien's brutal world. Lily realizes she might be in more danger than she has ever been in as deadly enemies 00 circle, secrets revealing, and Damien's cold grip starts to crumble. Just when she believes she knows the game's rules, a terrible reality breaks her brittle faith in Damien. But as the clock counts down on their twisted arrangement, a terrible secret about her own family surfaces—one that might destroy them both. Lily sits on the brink of an impossible choice as everything is at stake. But in a world where love and trust are luxuries she can't afford, can she escape Damien's web — or remain caught in the twisted fortunes permanently of the billionaire?