When her mother's illness ends her studies and her lover betrays her with her own stepsister, gifted legal mind Mara Quinn seeks shelter with the enigmatic Adrian Vale. At dawn, she discovers he is her ex's father and the powerful head of a feared New York dynasty. As a Russian syndicate closes in, Mara turns sharp strategy into survival, uncovering schemes, locking down illicit assets, and becoming Adrian's most indispensable adviser.
