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Evelyn Vane is a ghost in the world of high-stakes auctions—a brilliant appraiser who can spot a forgery from across the room, yet hides a forged identity of her own. Twelve years ago, a devastating fire erased her past, leaving her with nothing but a borrowed name and a burning need for the truth.
Julian Thorne is the silent, ruthless heir to a crumbling empire. He doesn't believe in love; he believes in contracts. When he offers Evelyn a marriage of convenience to save his family's legacy, she sees it as the perfect cover to infiltrate the city's most powerful circle and hunt down the man who destroyed her life.
But the contract has no page for what happens next.
As Evelyn dives deeper into the Thorne family's dark secrets, she uncovers a web of deceit that ties her tragic past to Julian's present. With a ruthless enemy closing in and a city built on lies, Evelyn must decide: will she burn the contract to save herself, or risk everything for the man who was only supposed to be a pawn?
