The Jilted Heiress And Her Dangerous Husband

“Penelope Carlisle had dedicated her entire life to her family's empire, building their flagship hotel project from the ground up. But during a cold afternoon board meeting, she was met with a brutal betrayal. Her own mother raised her hand in a vote to strip Penelope of her position, handing the company over to her smug brother. Desperate for an anchor, Penelope rushed to her boyfriend Tristan's penthouse. Instead of comfort, she was greeted by the smell of cheap perfume. Pushing the bedroom door ajar, she found Tristan tangled in the sheets with Ashley-the incompetent assistant Penelope had fired three months ago. "It's just the wind, baby," the assistant cooed as the floorboard creaked. In a single day, Penelope was discarded by her blood relatives and betrayed by the man she loved. Standing alone in the pouring Manhattan rain, stripped of her legacy, a cold, absolute rage washed over her. Why should she lose everything while they celebrated her ruin? She wasn't going to scream or cry. She was a Carlisle, and Carlisles didn't just get mad; they got even. Without hesitation, she snapped photos of the cheating couple, sent them to her lawyer, and headed straight for Julian Astor-the city's most notorious, dangerous playboy from New York's most powerful family. "I need a partner for a war," she told him. By marrying the devil himself, she was going to burn their worlds to the ground.”