“Evelina gave the Brooks family everything, only to be bled dry and sent to prison for the real heiress's crime. Then a stranger laid the truth before her. She had never been the servant's daughter, and the Brooks family had known all along. Sixteen years of deception. Three years behind bars. It had all been one cruel joke. In a firm voice, she offered herself as his blade-but only as his equal. Once free, she came for every debt. The scheming heiress begged. The Brooks couple fell to their knees. Yet the dangerous man who claimed he only wanted to play kept shielding her instead. "You're mine," he declared, wiping blood from her hand. "And I protect what's mine."”