Synopsis
Five years. One name burned into her family's history. And only one way in.
Clara Mercer no longer exists. In her place stands Evelyn Grey — Harvard polish, ice in her veins, a camel coat like armor. She has carved away every soft, human part of herself to slip inside Sterling House and destroy the empire that ruined her father. But the monster she came to ruin isn't the bull-necked old man from her nightmares. He's his son.
Maxwell Sterling is lean, ruthless, and dangerously perceptive — a man who hunts for the angle in everyone, including the flawless assistant who anticipates his every command. He is the enemy. He is the target. He is the one person who must never learn her real name.
But a ghost from her past has resurfaced with a white rose and a weapon, and the silver drive in her pocket could either end Maxwell — or end her.
As the line between revenge and longing blurs, Evelyn must decide what she's willing to burn to the ground. And whether the woman beneath the mask can survive the truth. A rose needs the cold to bloom… but what happens when she stops being cold?
