Isabella Hart never imagined that saving her mother's life would cost her freedom. Desperate to pay her mother's hospital bills, the twenty-two-year-old agrees to marry Adrian Blackwood, a ruthless billionaire who believes love is nothing more than a weakness. Their marriage is supposed to be simple: she becomes his wife, he pays her mother's medical expenses, and they keep their hearts out of the arrangement. But Adrian has a secret. He didn't choose Isabella by accident. Her father's mysterious death is connected to his family's darkest tragedy, and marrying her is part of a plan he has spent years preparing. Just when Isabella begins to question the man she calls her husband, anonymous messages reveal a terrifying truth: Adrian's supposedly dead sister may still be alive. Then Isabella discovers something even more disturbing. Someone claims she isn't the real daughter of the woman who raised her. Trapped in a marriage built on lies, Isabella must uncover the truth about her identity, her father's death, and the woman who disappeared seven years ago. But the closer she gets to the truth, the more dangerous her husband becomes. Will Isabella discover the secrets buried beneath the Blackwood name, or will falling for the man who deceived her become her greatest mistake? In a marriage built on secrets, the truth may be the most dangerous betrayal of all.

I wasn't supposed to be at Jaden's birthday party. My friends invited me as a plus-one and I didn't even know him. He was playing basketball by the pool when he threw the ball without looking. It hit me and sent me straight into the water in front of everyone. It was humiliating. He jumped in to pull me out, but instead of apologizing, he acted like it was my fault for being there. Jaden says he doesn't even like me. But since that night in the pool, he can't seem to stay away from me.