A Wall Road Journal bestseller.

In the final First Wives novel by New York Situations bestselling author Catherine Bybee, falling in love could end up being the most dangerous dare of one woman’s life.

Protector-for-hire Sasha Budanov is accustomed to life being a loner. Constantly on the road, she’s today reached a crossroad. Searching for answers about her shadowy youth, she’s returned towards the rigorous boarding college in Germany where she grew up. It’s also where she was been trained in the stealthy, militarized artwork about State It Again of success. But behind its gleaming gates, Richter is definitely a fortress of secrets, including those buried in Sasha’s secret past. To uncover them, she’s clinging to her first rule of defense: stay guarded.

If anyone can problem Sasha’s rules, it’s devilishly sexy stranger AJ Hofmann. He desires answers, too. And he requirements Sasha’s help. The recent deaths of several of Richter’s former students—including AJ’s very own sister—possess aroused his suspicions. He’s arousing something more in Sasha. Never someone to surrender to her feelings, she senses something tempting in AJ. She trusts him. He’s fearless. And he kisses such as a demon. Sasha’s discovered her match.

But treading Richter’s dark halls—and following their hearts—has its dangers. As the decades-old secrets of the past are mined, Sasha and AJ are falling deeper in love…and into danger.