Olivia, the unloved adopted daughter of the powerful Ward family, was about to be sold into a marriage with a man old enough to be her grandfather—a man with a reputation for brutality. As the wild dogs of gossip tore into her reputation, Olivia did the unthinkable: she escaped her own wedding in the middle of the night. While the city's wealthiest families launched a full-scale manhunt for the 'runaway bride,' no one could have imagined that she was already hiding in the bed of the city's most powerful and elusive young heir. He is her only hope for survival, and she is the only mystery he can't solve. A dark and intense story of revenge, sanctuary, and forbidden passion. Success is her only path.