Iliana is running out of time. Hunted by the very man she calls her father, she makes a desperate deal to disappear: become a Surrogate for one of Chicago's wealthiest men in exchange for 15 million dollars and a clean escape.Until she finds out she's to carry the child of her father's greatest enemy...and the last man she should ever crave for.Jalen Winnetka hates women. If he could erase them from the face of the earth, he would, except for one. And she is dying. So when her final wish is to hold a child in her arms before she's gone, Jalen makes a vow even he'll couldn't break. He'll give her that child no matter the cost.The solution was supposed to be simple. A Surrogate. But Iliana was anything but simple. She was sweet temptation wrapped in a pristine package, a virgin one at that.As desire tangles with duty and obsession bleeds into possession, Jalen finds himself breaking every rule he ever lived by. Because the Surrogate wasn't supposed to matter at all. And falling for the enemy's daughter might be the very thing that causes his downfall.