The office ice queen with too many secrets. The one woman who makes her melt. And the truth that could save them—or destroy them.

After failing her social work exam twice, Ava Gardner’s confidence is hanging by a thread.
Landing a job at the Barnes Foundation feels like a miracle—until she meets her boss.
Fiona is everything Ava isn’t: polished, powerful, untouchable.
And yet, behind those sharp heels and colder-than-ice stares, Ava catches glimpses of something else—loneliness. Longing.

To the world, Fiona Barnes is flawless: CEO of her family’s elite foundation, Manhattan’s golden girl, engaged to the perfect man.
In truth, her life is a façade—her engagement fake, her desires buried, her every move controlled by her father.

What starts as late nights and stolen smiles turns into something neither woman saw coming. Fiona lets her guard down, and Ava falls—hard.
But their love can’t survive in shadows forever.
When Ava uncovers corruption that could destroy the foundation, both must decide how much they’re willing to risk—for truth, for freedom, and for each other.

This is a standalone spicy F/F age-gap romance novel with a HEA.