Leora Harts gave her husband everything—her youth, her brilliance, her loyalty—and together they built an empire that made them untouchable. But when a brutal stroke leaves her helpless, Benson Harts doesn’t hold her hand… he abandons her. His new wife, Derby, takes her crown, her home, and even turns Leora’s own daughter against her.Left to fade away in a cheap hospital room, Leora believes her story is over—until a rival billionaire, Damien Kole, walks into her life and sees what everyone else overlooked:a queen who was never meant to fall.As Damien becomes her protector, her strength, and eventually her desire, Leora begins to rise—one step, one kiss, one hard-won victory at a time. And with her recovery comes clarity.Benson didn’t just betray her.He underestimated her.Now Leora is ready to reclaim everything she built—her dignity, her power, her name. And with Damien at her side, she isn’t returning quietly.She’s coming back to tear down the empire she created…brick by brick.Board by board.Heart by heart.And when she’s finished, Benson and Derby will learn the one truth they never believed:You can wound a queen. But you can’t kill her.

When shy, overwhelmed intern Abby Fedrinton spills tea on her notoriously cold billionaire boss, Dominic Monac, she fears it’s the end of her short career.But instead of firing her, Monac keeps her close — too close. Beneath his icy control lies a man haunted by grief, and behind Abby’s nervous smiles hides a woman running from her own fears.As unexpected crises force them together, Abby discovers that even the strongest people can break — and that sometimes, love can rebuild what death has destroyed