Introduction

Tessa Matthews condemned herself to a life in the shadows, without love or family because of mistakes from her past but when a job opportunity in New York arises she finds herself saying good-bye to the life she built for herself in Seattle and embracing a new life in New York.

What she did not expect to find though was everything she denied herself, love, happiness and family....with none other than her controlling boss.

Connor Steele

Billionaire Connor Steele had it all, his only problem, his always loving and supportive family wanting him to slow down and live a little. To appease them, he agreed to hire an executive assistant, someone he was prepared to be a completely overbearing jerk to.

From the moment he laid his eyes on her he wanted to possess her but it was when she fell off her chair and laid sprawled out at his feet that she began consuming his every thought.

The Attraction and the First Date

They ignored their attraction to each other until one night, after a disastrous first date for Tessa, they finally gave in. Connor knew he wanted forever with her but Tessa knew the secrets of her past will only destroy them.

The Conflict

Prepared to give up on her happiness Tessa sets out to catch an embezzler whose cheating Connor out of millions before disappearing but not before forces from her past reemerge revealing secrets she tried burying and threatens not only her life but that of Connor and his family.

The Challenge

With the many challenges they face, can their love survive or will one person who craves the life Connor wants to give to Tessa destroy everyone and everything they love?