WHEN BILLIONAIRE ENIGMA LEON KING collides with elusive heiress ISABELLA HARRINGTON, it's an explosive meeting accompanied by less than love at first sight. With his takeover of the business empire around the corner, a runaway bride wasn't on Leon’s agenda - until now… Upon their battle in boardrooms and behind closed doors, neither is ready for the fire that sparks between them. Isabella means to preserve the legacy of her family while Leon is determined to show her exactly what their passion can mean outside the world of business. But as they slowly uncover the haunting secrets of their past, Tessa and Ryker realize it's not just bitter memories that linger in our hearts and minds. Isabella and Leon fall — hard but immovably in love, rewiring their shock-mangled hearts as everything they've known is ordained safe and not a little thrilling to be thrown into chaos.
The morning after greeted them with an unusual calm, though an undercurrent of anxiety threaded its way right through Isabella. She lay in bed, her mind wandering back to the moment that she and Leon had shared the night before: the way their hands had intertwined in silent understanding, the kiss they had shared that was so intimate and deep as it was going further, but Leon had been able to rein himself in time.
Something had become different now between them; something neither of them could look the other way from. But the more real the connection between them felt, the more serious the danger churning around them became, and balancing both got harder by the minute.
The sound of Leon's voice from the kitchen yanked her from her thoughts. "Coffee's ready," he called out, sounding light, a lot lighter than his usual manner.