Twenty-three-year-old Carolina Dawson has spent her entire life being controlled.First by her powerful politician father. Then by the fiancé he chose for her.On the night before her wedding, she runs away.But she doesn’t get far.She is found by Adrian Moretti the cold, dangerous billionaire her father has hated for years.Everyone thinks Adrian kidnaps her to ruin her father.They are wrong.Adrian gives her a choice:Marry him for six months, and he will protect her from the man her father wanted her to marry.Because Adrian knows something Carolina doesn’t:Her fiancé is not just cruel. He is a monster.To the world, Adrian and Carolina become the perfect power couple. The glamorous billionaire and the runaway bride.But inside the walls of Adrian’s mansion, nothing is simple.Adrian is possessive, controlling, and full of secrets. He makes rules:Don’t ask about his scars.Don’t go into the west wing.Don’t fall in love with him.Carolina breaks all three.