Ivy Bennett was one vow away from becoming a nun — until the one person she trusted most destroyed everything she'd built her life on.Cast out by her family and expelled from the church she loved, Ivy is left with nothing but shame and a faith she no longer recognizes. Then Kade Sterling walks into her shattered world — powerful, ruthless, and impossible to read. He doesn't offer her comfort. He offers her a deal.But the closer Ivy gets to the truth behind Kade's interest in her, the more she realizes he isn't just another man looking to use her. He might be the only one who can help her rise from the ashes of everything she lost — if she can survive falling for him first.