<p>Claire Adams thought she had escaped the ghosts of her past-until they came hunting for her in the dead of night. A single gunshot shatters the fragile illusion of safety she had built forcing her into the arms of the one man she swore she would never trust again.</p><p>Nathaniel Blackwood is no ordinary billionaire. Beneath his polished exterior lies a man with dark secrets and deadly enemies. The moment Claire stumbles back into his life bleeding and terrified he knows he can't let her go-not this time. Someone wants her dead and Nathaniel is the only one who can keep her alive.</p><p>As they plunge into a dangerous game of cat and mouse old wounds resurface and buried emotions reignite. But protecting Claire means exposing truths Nathaniel has spent years hiding. Secrets that could destroy them both.</p><p>With enemies closing in and time running out Claire must decide-can she trust the man who once broke her or will surrendering to him be the ultimate price she pays?</p><p><em>In a world where love is tangled in lies and danger lurks in the shadows will Claire survive long enough to uncover the truth? Or is she already too deep in a game she can never escape?</em></p>