He was called a Monster. She was hunting one. Cassie Hart, 36, investigative journalist. Broke, brave, and desperate to pay her mother's hospital bills. Adrian Blackwood, 38, CEO of Blackwood Corp. Ruthless, untouchable, and in need of a wife.A 6-month contract. 1 Billion dollars. No feelings attached.She said no three times. Until she saw it — a strip of red silk in his file. The same silk left at every murder scene she's been chasing for 2 months.He needs a shield. She needs the truth. But the closer she gets to his secrets, the more she realizes: the real monster isn't wearing a suit. It's wearing silk. And the initials embroidered on that silk — might be closer than she thinks.