Tori Bennett has one chance to prove she can turn an ambitious Austin hotel project into a career-defining success. The last thing she needs is Julian Cross questioning every decision she makes, especially when the infuriating consultant is as magnetic as he is impossible to read. Tori is determined to make The Ashford a reality and silence anyone who thinks family connections earned her place at the table. Julian arrives with sharp instincts, expensive confidence, and a talent for getting under her skin. Their clashes quickly become charged with something neither of them planned, and resisting him soon feels more dangerous than arguing with him. But Julian did not take the assignment for purely professional reasons. He has a private agenda connected to the powerful man behind the project, and the closer he gets to Tori, the harder it becomes to keep revenge separate from desire. Tori can handle deadlines, negotiations, and a project that refuses to cooperate. What she cannot control is the growing suspicion that Julian is hiding the one truth capable of wrecking everything she has worked for. When ambition and attraction collide with a secret years in the making, Tori must decide whether trust can survive the moment Julian's real purpose comes to light.
Tori Bennett has one chance to prove she can turn an ambitious Austin hotel project into a career-defining success. The last thing she needs is Julian Cross questioning every decision she makes, especially when the infuriating consultant is as magnetic as he is impossible to read. Tori is determi...