Valerie Stone is a visionary, a billionaire, and a terrifying boss. She can negotiate a merger in her sleep, but she can't name her daughter's favorite color. ​Chloe Davis is her executive assistant. She is underpaid, overworked, and currently heartbroken after her girlfriend dumped her for being "married to the job." ​For six years, the dynamic has been simple: Chloe knows everything about Valerie. She knows her coffee order, her ex-husband's trigger points, and exactly how to calm down Valerie's son during a panic attack. Valerie knows nothing about Chloe. Not her dreams, not her heartache, and certainly that Chloe is into women. ​But when a crisis forces the Ice Queen to rely on her assistant for more than just spreadsheets, the walls begin to crumble. Valerie is about to discover that the woman holding her life together is the only mystery she can't solve-and the only one who can melt the stone around her heart.

Alison Blackwell knows she's underqualified on paper and overqualified in every way that matters. At twenty one, she becomes the personal assistant to Evelyn Frost - a woman with a reputation for perfection, control, and zero tolerance for mistakes. Evelyn notices everything. As long hours turn into quiet proximity, professional boundaries begin to blur. Alison learns quickly that competence earns attention - but intimacy has a cost. Because Evelyn Frost doesn't make exceptions. And falling for your boss was never within reason.