A billionaire needs a husband. The only man she can trust is the one who ruined her life.Elena Voss, media mogul and self-made billionaire, has a gilded empire and a devastating secret. When her late husband's family launches a vicious campaign to destroy her, calling her a barren gold-digger, Elena knows she needs one thing to survive: a powerful, respectable husband. A shield.Her choice is a masterpiece of poetic vengeance: Jax Harlan.Ten years ago, Jax was the golden boy whose cruel prank left Elena broken and scarred, unable to have children. Now he's a quiet landscaper who has turned his back on his wealthy family and fortune.Elena offers him a deal: eighteen months of a fake marriage, a mountain of cash, and a chance to finally pay his debt. All he has to do is stand beside her and make the world believe he loves the woman he once destroyed.But old wounds aren't so easily buried. In the glittering world of high-stakes mergers and venomous gossip, their arranged marriage becomes a dangerous game. The line between revenge and desire blurs. The past whispers in the dark. And the only thing more dangerous than their hatred... might be the heat that still burns between them.She needed a weapon. He was her sharpest one. But when you play with fire, you both get burned.