She came home to an empty house. No argument. No confrontation. Just a paternity test on the kitchen table and divorce papers underneath it. He was already gone. Five years ago, Isabel Reyes lost everything. The man she loved erased her from his life without looking back, leaving her to rebuild her life alone Now she’s a successful designer and a devoted mother to a curious little boy who dreams about the father he has never met. But the past has a way of reopening doors that were meant to stay sealed. When a powerful new client, one who is brilliant, patient, and impossible to ignore, enters her life, Isabel finally begins to believe she might deserve happiness again. Then Daniel Ashford starts looking for her. The man who once broke her heart is about to discover the truth he never confronted. And when he does, Isabel will have to choose: Protect the life she built for her son or face the man who never knew he was a father?

Aria Hayes has everything she thought she wanted. A successful financial advisory firm. A beautiful apartment. And a fiancé whose family saved her from ruin when she needed it most. Daniel is steady, powerful, and certain about everything, including her. The wedding is six months away. Her mother has already picked the flowers. Everything is exactly as it should be. Then Ethan returns to the city. He walks into the gala as the self-made tech billionaire who made a major donation. They lock eyes across the room and for ten seconds the world stops. She thinks he left her without a word five years ago. She had no idea he was paid to disappear by the very family that saved hers. Now the man she once loved is attacking the empire that rescued her family. And the man she is supposed to marry is the only person who knows the truth about why Ethan really left. Aria has to choose: defend the life built for her or fight for the one stolen from her. And the deeper she digs, the more she discovers that nothing about her perfect life was ever hers to begin with.

She inherited an empire. He inherited a murder. Together, they'll uncover a conspiracy that could destroy them both. Sloane Hartford has spent five years building a life independent of her family and the man who broke her heart, Cade Whitmore. But her grandmother’s will changes everything: Sloane must marry Cade within six months or lose her family's hotel empire to a greedy cousin. To save the livelihoods of 1,200 employees, Sloane is forced to agree to a cold business arrangement with the billionaire she once loved. Cade has his own agenda. He is convinced his sister Lily’s death wasn't a suicide, but a murder linked to a human trafficking ring operating out of luxury hotels, including the Hartfords'. He agrees to the marriage, but only if Sloane helps him infiltrate the operation. As they live together and investigate, the stakes turn deadly. Sloane discovers her grandmother was poisoned for uncovering the same dark secrets Lily died exposing. The evidence points to their inner circle: Sloane’s protective aunt and uncle, and even Cade’s own father. Fake feelings turn into real attraction, but their partnership is tested by a web of lies. Sloane learns Cade's informant suspects her, while Cade realizes Uncle Richard's voice matches the man who ordered his sister's death. Sloane and Cade must decide: Can you rebuild trust when it was shattered by betrayal? Can you love someone who might destroy your family? And how do you survive when the people you trusted most are the ones who want you dead?

Financial executive, Clara Lane, is forced into a close proximity directly with her new boss, Elias Thorne after he buys her company to save it from shutdown by a rival company. Her new executive role forces her into professional tension and unexpected emotional attraction. During her work, she discovers a large, six-year-old secret payment to an account that has been kept hidden in her old company, Vance Publishing. With help from her best friend, Avery, her investigation deepens, along with her emotional attraction with her boss as her view of him begins to soften day by day. The emotional tension quickly grows into intimacy, taking advantage of their proximity and sharing of passionate moments together. Clara takes advantage to tell Elias about the account. Elias quietly brushes it off and gives her other priorities. Nonetheless, Clara continues to investigate the hidden account and discovers the money was originally set up by Chloe, a former Vance employee, now deceased. But the payments are still being used by a stranger, Eleanor. Clara locates and visits Eleanor for answers, only to be told that Elias has been funding the account to financially pay her (Eleanor) to take care of his son. Clara heartbroken, confronts him, Elias, driven by fear and guilt, refuses to tell the full truth. Heartbroken, Clara ends the intimate part of their relationship, choosing integrity over a man who won't be honest. Elias realize Clara's investigation allowed an opening of the rival company to threaten Elias company and his secret family. The opening was possible because of a partnership between the rival company and Elias' uncle, Thomas, who has always despised Elias because of his success. With his empire and son facing collapse, Elias is forced to completely surrender and makes a tearful confession to Clara, about his night with Chloe, his ignorance of her pregnancy and his unreadiness to be a father. The crisis forces the former couple to move past the breakup and forge a powerful partnership to save everything they care about. Clara and Elias successfully form a united front to stop Apex's attack. The shared risk heals their emotional bond. Elias decided to be in Leo's life as his father, and invites Clara to be with him as his partner and Leo's mother, thus proposing to her. Clara agrees, and fully integrates into Elias's life as his partner and a step-mother to his son.