Lines we cannot cross

At thirty-four, Dana Whitmore is a brilliant but emotionally guarded architect who has just taken a teaching position at Columbia University, desperate for a fresh start after a devastating betrayal shattered her belief in love. Controlled, distant, and fiercely independent, Dana is determined to focus only on her work-and never let anyone get close again.

At fifty, Elena Moretti is everything Dana is not: composed, commanding, and effortlessly elegant. A renowned architect and respected professor, Elena has built a life defined by discipline, reputation, and control. As a single mother to her twenty-year-old daughter Andrea-who happens to be Dana's student-Elena has no room for complications.

When their paths cross, what begins as a professional acquaintance slowly turns into something far more dangerous. Beneath their restraint lies a tension neither of them is willing to acknowledge-two women bound by rules, expectations, and the quiet understanding that some lines should never be crossed.

But the closer they get, the harder it becomes to remember why those lines were there in the first place.