Sophie Hart is the perfect executive assistant—smart, organized, and endlessly cheerful. She brightens every room she enters… including the icy walls of Lucian Blackwell's high-powered investment firm. But Sophie isn't just here to manage his calendar. She's here to investigate him. Lucian is ruthless, brilliant, and utterly unapproachable—the kind of man who fires assistants for breathing wrong. But Sophie doesn't flinch. She's good at her job… all of them. Her real assignment? Get close to Lucian and uncover the truth behind suspicious financial ties that could bring everything crashing down. But the closer she gets, the more complicated things become. Lucian isn't the criminal she expected. Behind the cold exterior is a man scarred by betrayal and guarded by necessity. And Sophie—who never meant to feel anything—is falling for him. Hard. With lines blurring between duty and desire, Sophie is forced to make an impossible choice: expose the man she's grown to care for, or abandon the mission and risk everything. What happens when the perfect lie collides with the unexpected truth? And when hearts are on the line… can love survive the fallout?