Ellie expects an engagement ring on her twenty-second birthday, but walks in on her long-term boyfriend cheating instead. Crushed and humiliated, she flees the party and runs straight into Julian, her ex-boyfriend's commanding, sophisticated father. Julian offers a listening ear that rapidly ignites into overwhelming mutual attraction.
What begins as an impulsive act of defiance transforms into a consuming forbidden romance behind closed mahogany doors. Julian protects her with a fierce, mature devotion her former lover never possessed, but their clandestine bond threatens a colossal public scandal. When the jealous son attempts to win Ellie back, familial warfare explodes across the corporate empire.
