Nine years after the mysterious death of international popstar Alicia Kennedy, Akay, the world has moved on-except she hasn't. Alive but hidden under a new name, Anna Kingsley buries her past behind buzz-cut hair, tomboy clothes, and a welding torch in the industrial city of Wala, Nigeria. To everyone else, she's just the fiery, sharp-tongued supervisor at Campbell International. But to herself, she's a ghost-haunted by the fame she left behind, terrified of being discovered, and determined never to let anyone close again.
Then comes Kiaan Lucien Campbell-the arrogant, magnetic new CEO who would rather be anywhere but Africa, yet finds himself pulled into a world he doesn't understand. With his father's empire on his shoulders and his own pride to prove, Kiaan's only goal is survival...until Anna challenges him in front of the entire company.
Their chemistry is instant. Their clashes, explosive.
He wants answers. She wants distance.
But in the heat of Wala-between boardroom wars, stolen glances, and arguments that turn into something dangerously close to desire-Kiaan begins to suspect Anna is more than who she claims to be.
✨ A hidden past. A forbidden attraction. A star who refuses to stay fallen.
When secrets collide with ambition, who will burn brighter-and who will be left in the shadows?