He broke her world to build his empire. Now, he’s buying her silence with a wedding ring.Lena Carter was supposed to be a bride, until she walked in on her fiancé, Daniel and her best friend having s*x, a betrayal that shattered her life and her dignity. Left with nothing but the crushing weight of her father’s mysterious debts and the wolves of the Silvers Syndicate at her door, Lena has one choice: sink or sell her soul.Adrian Wolfe, the 30-year-old "Ice King of Manhattan," is the monster who offers her a lifeline. He is the man who turned her father’s legacy into dust, and now he wants Lena to play a role in his most dangerous game yet.The Contract: One year of marriage.Total submission to his rules.A public performance of a love that doesn't exist.In exchange, every debt is wiped clean, and Lena gets the power to watch Daniel and his new lover crawl in the dirt.But as the "fake" marriage turns into a war of white-hot passion and whispered secrets, Lena discovers the Black Ledger—a document proving Adrian didn't just find her by chance. He’s been waiting for her. She isn't just his wife; she’s the final payment on a debt signed in blood.With a vengeful ex-fiancé, a lethal criminal syndicate, and Adrian’s own mother, Martha Wolfe, circling like sharks, Lena must decide: Will she destroy the man she’s grown to love, or will she become the Queen of the very empire that broke her?