From New York Times bestselling author Geneva Lee comes the first chapter in an emotional, breathtaking love story that will leave you obsessed and begging for more. Adair MacLaine was sunshine and the storm. Emerald-green eyes and attitude, I fell for her the moment we met and hated her just as quickly.Five years ago, tragedy brought her to my door and sparked a love that consumed us like wildfire-hot, unpredictable, and impossible to control. We raged together until her father made her choose between me and the family name.I left. She stayed. I'm no longer the poor kid that lost her. I've made myself into a man that won't be ignored.Now her father is dead, the MacLaine empire is crumbling, and Adair's inheritance depends on the company's largest investor: me .* * *My whole life changed the night I met Sterling Ford. Brilliant and intense, he came to Valmont with nothing but a scholarship and a chip on his shoulder. He was a grenade and I wanted to pull the pin.We were doomed from the first kiss.I've waited for my chance to seize my freedom and now it's finally in reach-until the last person I ever wanted to see again walks into my father's funeral: him . "This is going to tear you up and spit you out to swallow you up, until the very last page..." - Carin, Goodreads "Revenge and mystery at its finest!!" - Lana, White Hot Reads "Blacklist is straight up amazing writing brilliance!" - Brigid Brown, Goodreads "This one of the best are storylines I've read in long time." - Pam Hood, Goodreads "This book is full of angst, the chemistry is high..." - Readaholic Mom "Bravo to this author for doing an amazing job of slowly building this world, these characters, their love story that played on emotions and made me salivate for what comes next. I definitely recommend this book!" - Romance Reading Diva "Hot, juicy, and scandalous..." -Shaunette, Goodreads "I love reading about other readers and a dude reading Jane Austen to impress a lady?! Swoooon!" - Reads With Dogs "This story is going to shred you. The angst, the turmoil, the heartbreak...you have to get this book asap!" - Jami Kehr, Goodreads "Geneva's got her groove back!!! I was so happy to read her work again. Adair is such a spit fire and Ford, well hot damn, just go read the story!" - Live, Laugh, Love "I am absolutely dying to see what happens next!" - Millennial Life Crisis Geneva Lee is the New York Times, USA Today, and internationally bestselling author of over twenty novels. Her bestselling Royals Saga has sold nearly two million copies worldwide. She is the co-owner of Away With Words, a destination bookstore in Washington state where she lives with her family. When she isn't traveling, she can usually be found writing, reading, or buying another pair of shoes.