Valentina Kane has everything fame, fortune, and a face the world adores. But Hollywood's brightest star hides a darkness no one suspects, secrets that could bring her glittering world crashing down. She's perfected the art of survival, keeping everyone at arm's length to protect what's buried in her past until he appears.
Lucian Draven is a man on a mission, an FBI agent assigned to an undercover operation with one target: Valentina Kane. He's the best at what he does cold, calculating, and ruthless when necessary. But he didn't count on her. With each guarded smile and defiant glance, she draws him in, leaving him to question his orders and his motives.
The deeper he gets, the more the lines blur. Lucian knows he's playing with fire, but something about Valentina's fierce vulnerability makes him burn to uncover every dark corner of her soul. Valentina knows she's dancing on a knife's edge, but the thrill of trusting someone to want someone she shouldn't tempt her too much to resist.
In a world where lies and loyalty collide, they each hold dangerous secrets, and every forbidden touch could lead to ruin. In the shadows where they come together, danger is just one aspect of the story.