Amelia Carter thought she had lost everything the night her father died until a powerful CEO offered her a contract that would change her life forever.Damien Carter is cold, calculating, and feared in the corporate world. Four years ago, his sister Elena died under mysterious circumstances, and Damien has never stopped searching for the truth. His investigation leads him to one unexpected person: Amelia, the daughter of a man whose name appears in the records surrounding Elena's death.Desperate and with nowhere else to turn, Amelia agrees to become Damien's contract bride. What begins as a simple arrangement soon becomes a dangerous game of secrets, betrayal, and revenge.As Amelia investigates the powerful Cole family, she discovers that her father's past is far darker than she ever imagined. A vanished company, hidden payments, mysterious deaths, and a secret Richard Cole would kill to protect begin connecting into one terrifying truth.But Damien isn't telling her everything either.When a mysterious woman reveals that Amelia's father may have secretly run the very company Damien has been investigating and that Damien knew the truth before he ever approached Amelia she begins to question the man she was supposed to trust.Now Amelia must decide who is lying, who is protecting her, and who is using her.Because this marriage may have started as a contract…but Amelia has her own reason for staying.And when the truth finally comes to light, someone will have to pay for everything they buried.