He wasn’t usually this rich. This warm. This difficult.

Aaric Christos was a guy who guarded me. Needed me. Maybe also loved me.

That man is gone.

In his place is the most powerful property tycoon in the city.

He’s a frosty, ruthless, intense businessman.

The only one who are able to save me and my startup from ruin.

It requires every ounce of courage to place my pride aside and ask for his help.

I didn’t expect him to provide it easily.

And he doesn’t.

Rather, he vets me harder than he’s vetted anyone.

Don’t spend money on what you don’t know, he says.

He’s assessing every piece of me, to the idea I’ve never sensed so bare.

We yearn for the guy We once knew, whose contact once craved me.

Putting it all on the line will be worth it, I tell myself.

Until I realize-too late-that some risks are not worthy of taking.

*A sexy new standalone contemporary romance by NY Moments and USA TODAY bestselling writer Katy Evans.