She designs impenetrable fortresses. Her new assistant just tore her walls to the ground.

Audrey Pierce, Seattle’s most ruthless architecture CEO, survives on strict rules, custom tuxedos, and an ice-cold reputation. She doesn’t do vulnerability, and she certainly doesn't blur the line with her employees.

Then comes Ruby Alvarez.

Chaotic, unapologetically bright, and fiercely independent, Ruby is drowning in her sister’s medical debt—but she refuses to be anyone's charity case. She was only supposed to manage Audrey’s schedule. Instead, she challenges her in the boardroom, forces her to eat greasy takeout on the floor, and ignites a dangerous, magnetic tension that neither woman can ignore.

When Audrey uses her massive wealth to secretly erase Ruby’s six-figure debt, she thinks she's protecting the woman she’s desperately falling in love with. But for a girl who prides herself on her independence, Audrey's hidden corporate maneuver isn't a miracle. It's a betrayal.

Now, with her secret exposed and Ruby walking out the door, the Ice Queen must do the one thing she’s always feared: surrender absolute control and risk her entire empire for a second chance at love.