Synopsis
For four years, Valentina Croft has endured two things. A husband who is never home and an uncle-in-law who has never hidden his contempt for her.
Lysander Croft decided the moment they met that Valentina married his nephew for one reason, the Croft name.
Beautiful, charming, and far too convenient, she fits every assumption he’s ever made about women who marry into powerful families. He couldn’t be more wrong.
When Valentina uncovers the truth behind Walter’s endless “business trips,” she realizes her marriage has been built on lies.
Determined to leave without letting her husband walk away untouched, she sets her sights on the one man Walter trusts above everyone else, Lysander. Not because she likes him. But because she can’t stand him.
Her plan is to get close enough to uncover Walter’s secrets, expose the cracks beneath the Croft empire, and reclaim the life she quietly lost. Lysander, however, has no intention of making that easy.
Certain she’s after the family’s wealth, he meets every question with suspicion, every attempt at civility with cold dismissal, and every encounter with the same unwavering judgment he’s held for years.
What begins as a battle of wills soon becomes something neither of them can explain. Because hatred is easy. Respect is not.
And once the truth begins to surface, the most dangerous thing either of them can do... is finally see the other for who they really are.
A slow-burn enemies-to-lovers romance filled with razor-sharp banter, emotional tension, betrayal, revenge, and the kind of love that neither of them ever wanted.
