She took the job to save her daughter. She never expected to risk her heart. Lydia Carter is barely surviving, working herself to exhaustion while fighting to keep her sick child alive. When she becomes a caregiver at the powerful Whitmore estate, she steps into a world where money controls everything and emotions are carefully locked away. Karl Whitmore is her employer: cold, disciplined, and unreachable. Raised to believe love is weakness, he never meant to fall for the woman who challenges his silence and awakens feelings he buried long ago. Crossing the line between them could cost Lydia her job and everything she’s fighting for. As attraction grows, buried family secrets begin to surface. When a devastating revelation ties Lydia’s …