After losing her mother to cancer, Scarlett Hayes leaves her small hometown behind and moves to New York with nothing but debt, grief, and a promise to build a better life. Working as a waitress to survive, the last thing she expects is to catch the attention of Damien Blackwood, the Australian billionaire tycoon whose name dominates headlines and boardrooms around the world. Powerful. Untouchable. Dangerous. Rumours follow Damien everywhere. Some call him a business genius. Others whisper about connections to a darker world. But one thing is certain: Damien Blackwood always gets what he wants. And now he wants Scarlett. What begins as an irresistible attraction soon turns into something far more complicated when Scarlett becomes Damien's assistant and finds herself drawn into his luxurious, tightly controlled world. Beneath his cold exterior lies a man haunted by secrets, while beneath her quiet strength lies a woman capable of bringing even the most powerful man to his knees. But enemies are watching. A jealous executive determined to claim Damien for herself and a ruthless rival with an agenda of his own will stop at nothing to tear them apart. In a world of wealth, obsession, betrayal, and dangerous secrets, Scarlett must decide if giving her heart to Damien Blackwood will be the greatest mistake of her life, or the only thing worth fighting for. Because Damien Blackwood doesn't believe in love. But he believes she belongs to him.