falling for my hitlist

Kimberly Hart learned at a young age that losing someone doesn't mean losing the questions they left behind.Five years ago, her father was murdered.Kimberly was upstairs in their home when she heard him speaking to a stranger downstairs. She couldn't make out everything they said, but she remembers the unfamiliar voice, the measured footsteps, and the terrifying silence that followed.Then came the gunshot.By the time Kimberly reached the first floor, her father was dying.She never saw the killer's face clearly.What she did find afterward was enough to give her something to hold onto: evidence connecting her father's investigation to several companies and powerful individuals, all eventually leading back to the Calloway business empire.And one name appeared again and again.Alexander Calloway.To Kimberly, Alexander becomes the face of everything she lost.After her father's death, Kimberly is taken in by Victor, her father's trusted associate. Victor becomes her guardian and eventually trains her in the skills she needs to survive. Over the years, he feeds her information about people connected to her father's case and helps her track down those she believes played a role in his death.Kimberly becomes an assassin.But Alexander remains the one name she has never been able to reach.Until now.When Kimberly receives an assignment involving Richard Hale, a powerful executive connected to Calloway Industries, she attends a charity gala to complete the job. But Alexander is also there.For the first time, Kimberly sees the man she has spent years blaming for her father's death.She intends to kill him.Before she can make her move, however, Kimberly notices someone else targeting Alexander.Instinct takes over.She saves him.Alexander is left confused by the mysterious woman who appeared at exactly the right moment. He wants to know who she is and, more importantly, how she knew he was about to be attacked.Kimberly disappears before he can get any real answers.But their encounter changes everything.When Kimberly returns to Victor, she expects another opportunity to eliminate Alexander.Instead, Victor gives her a completely different assignment.She isn't going to kill Alexander.She's going to get close to him.Victor convinces Kimberly that killing Alexander immediately would be too easy. If she truly wants revenge, she should play the long game. She should enter Alexander's life, earn his trust, make him believe she genuinely cares about him, and then destroy him when he has the most to lose.Kimberly agrees.Her mission is simple:Make Alexander fall for her.Then decide what he deserves.Meanwhile, Alexander can't forget the woman from the gala.His curiosity grows even stronger when his mother, Avery Calloway, pressures him to finally settle down. Alexander has spent years building his own reputation and proving himself outside his family's expectations, but being a Calloway means his achievements are often treated as inevitable.His family wants him to marry.Alexander refuses to let them choose his future.Avery finally tells him that if he doesn't want his family choosing someone for him, he should choose someone himself.The timing couldn't be more perfect.Because Kimberly is about to walk into his life.Their relationship begins with uncertainty.Kimberly approaches Alexander with a carefully constructed identity and a carefully constructed plan. She knows exactly what she wants from him.Alexander, however, isn't easy to manipulate.He notices things about her that don't add up.She is too observant.Too calm under pressure.Too capable of reading a room.And despite his suspicions, he finds himself drawn toward her.What begins as curiosity slowly becomes trust.Kimberly never expects Alexander to be kind.She expects arrogance.She expects cruelty.She expects to find the monster she has imagined for five years.Instead, she discovers a complicated man carrying pressures of his own. Alexander is protective of the people he cares about, deeply loyal, and determined to build a life that belongs to him rather than to the Calloway family.The more time they spend together, the harder Kimberly finds it to maintain the distance she promised herself she would keep.Then circumstances push them into a fake relationship.What begins as an arrangement designed to solve Alexander's family problems quickly becomes useful for Kimberly too. Being publicly connected to Alexander gives her access to the people and places she needs to investigate.Neither of them expects the arrangement to become real.But Alexander begins falling for her.And Kimberly begins falling for him.That is where her carefully planned revenge starts to unravel.Kimberly begins noticing inconsistencies in the evidence surrounding her father's death.Small details.Names that don't fit.Financial records that lead somewhere unexpected.People connected to the Calloway empire who seem to be hiding something—but not necessarily