The trunk was too small to breathe in.
A phone rang somewhere up front.
A man laughed. “Boss says she’s priceless.”
Another voice—cold, impatient—answered, “Then don’t damage the merchandise.”
Merchandise.
Amanda bit down on a sob so hard she tasted blood.
The car slowed. Light sliced in as the trunk popped open.
Rowan’s voice hit the night like a gunshot.
“Touch her again,” he said, “and you’ll learn what fear actually feels like.”
******
Amanda is a broke hotel part-timer—until one night she’s forced into a room and wakes with no memory of the man… except the luxury watch he leaves behind. He meant it as amends. Instead, Amanda’s “friend” Mabel steals the watch—and the rich-house, high-society life that comes with it.
Four years later, Amanda is a single mother raising quadruplets, branded scandalous but still strong, optimistic, and hardworking. She joins the Xi Group and meets Rowan—the billionaire from that night. Rowan recognizes her… and mistakes her for the woman who’s been spending extravagantly with “his” money for years. Now he’s sure she’s back to seduce him.
Then her manager targets her. A hotel death turns Amanda into the prime murder suspect…
