Elara Steele never believed in fairy tales. Not when her father’s death left her drowning in betrayal and debt. Then came Adrian Vance—cold, magnetic, and dangerous—offering her a way out: pretend to be his fiancée, and he’ll erase her past. But Adrian isn’t the only man who wants her. Rowan Ashford, her first love—and Adrian’s half-brother—returns, dazzling her with the passion and charm she once thought lost forever. Now Elara is caught in a storm of desire and deceit, torn between the ruthless billionaire who both infuriates and protects her, and the golden boy who once held her heart. Rowan is everything Adrian isn’t: warm, glamorous, irresistible. Adrian is everything she shouldn’t want: dangerous, secretive, addictive. Both men claim her. Both men want to own her heart. One promises safety. The other promises fire. But in a world built on secrets, neither man may let her go without a fight.