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My husband kissed my forehead tenderly just seconds before he pushed me off the cliff. I watched in triumph as my best friend, Tara, stood by his side, impatient to finish me off. I was naive, thinking I was a devoted wife, but I ended up sinking into the valley with sealed lips and a bundled body. I woke up two years later from a coma, only to realize the old me was dead.

To survive and plot my revenge, I had to sell my soul. I signed a contract to be the "plaything" of a notorious gang leader, Arthur King. I thought I was entering hell, but instead, I found a weapon. Now, five years later, I'm standing in a club in Paris, a gun tucked into my dress, staring at the man who killed me. Kevin is alive. Tara is here. And they have no idea that the cold woman watching them isn't a ghost—she's a nightmare wrapped in a black silky dress.

Arthur handed me the gun, his dark eyes gleaming with a promise of violence. "You're one hell of a lioness, Mrs. King," he smirked. I’m not just a victim anymore. I’m the woman who’s going to put a bullet in her husband’s skull. Let the game begin.

When Abby Anderson rebels against her father’s plan to remarry, she escapes into the night and surrenders to a passionate one-night stand with a stranger. But her world shatters when she learns the man she can’t forget is Kevin Stone—her soon-to-be stepbrother.

Forced to live under the same roof, Abby and Kevin fight a losing battle against their desire, stealing kisses and moments that could destroy both families. When Abby’s best friend falls for Kevin and the truth threatens to unravel, they’re caught between duty and forbidden love, tethered to each other by a passion too strong to deny.