hellen_happiness
From frying pan to fire. That was Althea Evans’s life. For four years, she was the perfect, invisible wife to billionaire Julian Cross and a daughter-in-law who was never good enough. She sacrificed her dreams and buried her identity just to be tolerated. Yet the moment she was no longer useful, Julian coldly handed her divorce papers.
Althea thought losing him was the worst that could happen. She was wrong. Julian didn’t just want a divorce; he wanted her utterly erased. Left penniless, betrayed, and hunted by the powerful Cross family, Althea’s desperate fight for survival leads her into the orbit of two dangerous men.
The first is Derek Sterling, Julian’s identical twin brother. Estranged from the family and carrying deep grudges, Derek is the last man Althea should trust. He offers her protection, but his secrets and hidden motives make him just as difficult to understand as the husband she escaped.
The second is Victor Vanguard, a ruthless businessman and a sworn enemy of both Cross brothers. With old scores waiting to be settled, Victor’s sudden interest in Althea threatens to turn her already complicated life into a dangerous game of power, revenge, and obsession.
Caught between three powerful men with their own agendas, Althea must learn that being protected doesn’t mean being safe. Under their shadows, she stops begging to be loved and starts remembering the woman she used to be. Julian thought he could ruin her life and get away with it, but he underestimated one thing: a woman with nothing left to lose knows exactly how to stoke the flames. Althea isn’t coming back to beg for a place at their table. She’s coming back to burn it down.
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