Stripped of prestige and fortune after predatory rivals lure her brother into a fraudulent gambling debt, Emma Hastings watches her family's industrial empire disintegrate overnight. Reduced to humiliating dependency under a patron's roof, she struggles to launch a fledgling commercial enterprise. Her sole reliable companion is Wyatt Brooks, an unassuming security guard whose startling tech proficiency and combat training seem far too refined for his modest uniform.
Just as Emma begins securing crucial retail accounts, a crushing betrayal from her younger sister reveals an informant operating directly within her household. With rival syndicates closing in to seize her remaining patents, Wyatt reveals ties to an eighteen-year vendetta against the same corporate predators. Partnering against impossible odds, Emma and Wyatt must pool their commercial and tactical talents to outsmart ruthless conspirators and reclaim her stolen legacy.
