“Five years ago, Cassandra Kestrel was the golden heir to an empire until her own family destroyed her. Forged evidence, stolen shares, a name dragged through scandal. She vanished, presumed broken. She wasn't broken. She was building. In the lawless shipping lanes where fortunes are made in blood and silence, Cass became someone new sharper, colder, untouchable. Now she's back, hidden behind a new name and a mountain of quiet leverage, buying up the very empire that cast her out piece by piece. But revenge gets complicated when the man helping dismantle her brother's empire is the same one who helped bury her five years ago and he has no idea who she really is. Ronan thinks he's falling for a stranger. Cass knows exactly who he is. And when the truth surfaces, it won't just end her brother's reign it might end them both. Some empires fall from the outside. This one is about to fall from within.”