He built his life on control. She was the beautiful chaos he never saw coming.

Lucien Maynard has always followed rules and is calm, calculated, and completely in control. As the eldest heir to the Maynard empire, responsibility isn’t just a duty, it’s who he is. Love was never part of the plan. Until Marina Thornton.

Brilliant, impulsive, and fearless, Marina is everything Lucien isn't. She challenges his beliefs, shakes his foundations, and makes him feel things he's spent a lifetime suppressing.

They were never meant to cross paths. They certainly weren’t meant to fall in love.

But when passion turns into something deeper, secrets from Lucien’s world threaten to unravel everything they’ve built. And Marina must decide if loving a man like him is worth the risk, especially when the price might be his future.

In a world where reputation is everything, can love really survive the fallout?