Elena Vale has built her career on exposing powerful men—mand she has never been afraid to ask the questions they don’t want answered.Her newest investigation leads her straight to Blackwood International, one of the most powerful companies in the city, and its ruthless billionaire CEO, Adrian Blackwood. Their first meeting is a clash of pride, suspicion, and sharp words. Elena sees Adrian as everything she has learned to distrust about wealthy businessmen. Adrian sees her as another journalist determined to turn him into a headline.Neither expects the attraction beneath their hostility.But when Elena uncovers a mysterious connection between Blackwood International and Meridian Holdings, she realizes the secrets surrounding Adrian’s empire run deeper than she imagined.As their confrontations become impossible to ignore, Elena begins seeing a side of Adrian that doesn’t fit the man she thought she knew. And Adrian starts to understand that Elena’s hatred of powerful men isn’t simple prejudice it comes from a wound much closer to home.She came looking for the truth.He never expected the woman searching for it to become the one person he can’t stop thinking about.And the closer Elena gets to the truth, the harder it becomes to tell where the investigation ends—and where her feelings for Adrian begin.