Some stories are written in ink. Others are written in blood. A failing journalist. A dead father. A truth buried for 12 years. Madeleine Sinclair has spent her life chasing answers. Why did her father die, and who decided he had to? When an unknown tip links his death to the Hawthorne family, the most powerful political lineage, she knows she’s finally close to the truth. The kind of truth that gets people killed. A principled cop with a corrupted name. Theodore Torres is determined to flee from the past tied to him. When he meets Madeleine, they are nothing alike, yet exactly what the other needs. They work together to expose a secret someone will do anything to keep buried. A one-night stand. A friend. An enemy. Ashton Laurent isn’t who he says he is. Sebastian Hawthorne, the family’s forgotten third son, was sent to destroy Madeleine’s work and prove his worth. He was never supposed to fall in love with her. He was only supposed to sabotage her at every turn. Now the truth is being exposed. And Madeleine must choose between a man risking everything to protect her, and one who was born to destroy her, and is no longer sure he can.